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The US government is finally telling people that homeopathy is a sham
by Julia Belluz | @juliaoftoronto via Vox
Homeopathy is one of the most enduring forms of snake oil available to consumers; it has been duping people since 1814. But the United States government only recently decided to clamp down on these bogus treatments, with a new policy from the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC's policy statement explains that the agency will now ask that the makers of homeopathic drugs present reliable scientific evidence for their health claims if they want to sell them to consumers on the US market.
Mustering that evidence is likely to be difficult given that homeopathy is a pseudoscience.
The main idea behind homeopathy is that an animal or plant extract that causes symptoms similar to the ones a person is suffering from can cure the symptoms. An example: Because onions make eyes tear and noses run, diluted onion extract is thought to cure cold and hay fever. So homeopathic remedies on the market are just extremely diluted versions of plant or animal extracts believed to bring relief to symptoms.
The trouble is that whenever researchers have looked at the homeopathic treatments, they find they do not actually contain traceable amounts of the original plant or animal material they were supposedly diluting.
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Alzheimer's and the Brain
Not conspiratorial, but still fascinating stuff from VSauce (Michael Stevens) 🙂
inFact: Homeopathy
Many people believe homeopathy is a natural, herbal supplement like any other. But is it?
Via inFact -YouTube
Click here for more information including full transcript and References.
Rule No. 1 for being Internet-smart: Never read NaturalNews
Natural News is the worst of the internet.
By Sharon A. Hill via Doubtful
Would you get your medical advice from a non-medical doctor with inadequate training? How about one investigated by the FBI for supporting killing of scientists? Would you get your news from a site that denies the basic tenets of science and how the universe works? How about a site that promotes policies that can result in death (AIDS denialism, anti-vaccine, homeopathic remedies for deadly diseases such as Ebola)? Is a site led by a alt med salesman that pushes baseless conspiracy theories and calls respected doctors and scientists names (or worse) a reputable source of information?
No. And this is really serious. NO.
Learn the name NATURALNEWS.COM and avoid it entirely. They call themselves "The world's top news source on natural health". They are the top source for health misinformation and pseudoscience. This is not in doubt:
Natural News: A Truly Deadly Brand of Pseudoscience (Big Think)
Why are so many Facebook friends sharing preposterous stories from Natural News? (Salon)
Don't believe anything you read at Natural News (Grist)
Mike Adams, a.k.a. the Health Ranger, a health scamster profiled (ScienceBlogs)
Natural News' Mike Adams libelously attacks Science-Based Medicine's David Gorski
NN also publishes this disclaimer:
The information on this site is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional advice of any kind. Truth Publishing assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of this material.
In other words, treat this site as a joke because it's not a science, news, or medical site. And, if you do follow the terrible advice or take our word for it and then hurt yourself, we absolve ourselves of everything.
How noble, eh? Sadly, some people really do believe this stuff.
If you read NN, which is possible because the damn thing is very popular, you are indulging in the wrongness; please go prepared for massive doses of nonsense and delusional commentary. If you share any of these stories as useful or true, you need an immediate intervention. Every time you share one of their links, even to make fun of it, you add to their Google search ranking. So don't do that. Just don't ever click on that site for anything.
Skeptoid twice named NN the #1 Worst Anti-Science website:
Enjoy Your Organic Produce, And Its Toxic Pesticides
by Josh Bloom via American Council on Science and Health
All of those nasty pesticides that are used by commercial farms to kill insects sure are — to use the scientific term— icky. So, it's a good thing that shoppers have the option of getting all that ickiness out of their lives by buying organic produce instead, right?
This is what the Whole Foods-type operations want you to believe. And, it works! In the never ending quest to lead a fairy tale "natural life," people will wait on line to pay extra for a cucumber that will make your live another 50 years.
Too bad the whole thing is one big, fat lie.
The dirty little secret that the huge organic food industry doesn't want you to know is that "certified organic" produce is not grown with no pesticides, just different ones. One of them is called rotenone, which owes its place on the magic list of approved chemicals for organic farming because it just happens to be a naturally occurring chemical rather than a man-made one. As if that matters. Rotenone is also a pretty decent poison. Whole Foods does not want you to know that either, but I do.
So, let's take a look at some toxicological data on rotenone. Then perhaps you will decide that the $10 cucumber isn't such a great deal after all. The following table will probably surprise you:
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Why Does Natural News Think You Should Stay Away From Sucralose?
By Myles Power
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener that goes by many brand names, but the one most will be familiar with is Splenda. The sweetener is synthesised by the selective protection, chlorination, and then deportation of table sugar, resulting in a compound which is approximately 650 times sweeter. It is found in many lower-calorie foods including chewing gum, cereals, and diet pop, and is considered to be safe for human consumption. However, there are some online who disagree and believe that the artificial sweetener poses a real health risk. Why do these people believe this? and is there any validity to their claims? As I did with aspartame, I believe the best way to answer these questions is to give Natural News a visit.
Superbugs: Infection Apocalypse
By Stuff They Don't Want You to Know via YouTube
Source, links & more information in the video description.
Charlie Sheen's HIV Quack
by Steven Novella via NeuroLogica Blog
Charlie Sheen is HIV positive. As was revealed on the Dr. Oz show, when diagnosed his viral load was 4.4 million. After six months of the a standard anti-HIV cocktail his viral loads were undetectable.
This does not mean he is HIV negative or free of this virus. As part of the viral life-cycle it goes into hiding inside of cells. It is undetectable while hiding, and also cannot be eradicated by medications. This is a major challenge to curing HIV, or even pushing the efficacy of our current treatments further. Researchers are looking into ways to force the virus out of hiding so that anti-retroviral medications can go to work.
With current anti-HIV treatment someone who is HIV positive can expect to live an almost normal life expectancy free of any major complications of the disease and will not go on to develop AIDS from the virus. The big challenge now is to get this modern medicine to those who are HIV positive in the third world, or to those who cannot afford it.
Interestingly, Charlie Sheen, who has all of the advantages of wealth in a Western industrialized country, opted for third-world treatment of his HIV. He recently went off of his anti-HIV medications and instead decided to rely on the ministrations of an unknown doctor in Mexico making bold claims.
This prompted an on-air intervention by Dr. Oz and Sheen's own doctor (which was ethically dubious but good television, I guess), after which Sheen reported he would go back on his medications.
Of course, most HIV patients who are lured to Mexico with the promise of a miracle cure will not benefit from a personal intervention by Dr. Oz. Hopefully they will benefit from watching that episode, but if history is any guide (unfortunately) the exposure is likely to lead more people to the Mexico charlatan than warn them away.
Why People Seek Charlatans
The Sheen episode raises a fascinating and important question – what is the allure of the lone maverick making bold claims? Often the answer provided is desperation, but what makes the Sheen example so interesting is that desperation was not a factor. He was effectively in remission from his HIV with undetectable loads. He still has to take medications for the rest of his life, but that seems a small price to pay for taking a horrible deadly disease and transforming it into a benign chronic condition with a normal life-expectancy and quality of life. The situation did not call for desperation.
The Chemophobic Food Babe
By Myles Power via YouTube
The food babe has basically made a very comfortable living for herself from searching for a chemical used in food manufacture that also has another use in industry, and telling people to not eat it because……reasons. In this video I talk about her 2013 campaign to stop Subway using a compound known as azodicarbonamide in the production of bread.
Why Your Detox Is Bullsh*t
Don't go on a juice cleanse. And please don't do a colon cleanse.
Via: Cosmopolitan
It seems everyone's on a detox for the new year, and don't we all need one? Our bodies are full of toxic chemicals. It would be great if we could just purify ourselves with a few smoothies, right?
Tough luck. Detoxes are bullshit.
It's easy to get drawn into the marketing of detoxes or cleanses (the two are basically interchangeable these days, both terms are used by those who shill them); they're everywhere, doesn't that make them scientific? Some of them claim to help you lose weight, some say they treat diseases, and some just … make you less toxic? Align your chi with your wallpaper? Organize your closet and tell your BFF that yes, her passive-aggressive Facebook status messages about her ex have been lame since about two minutes past the age of 15?
But they don't work. Why? The answers lie in science, and according to the way our bodies work, detoxes could actually cause you harm. Here's why you should suppress the urge to try out that next miracle cleanse.
Green Juice Will Not Purify You
Who doesn't want to think that a delightful mixture of kale, twigs, tree sap, unicorn tears, and whatever Gwyneth Paltrow is raving about this week can make you pretty? It's glitter in a bottle. Right? Wrong. For one, most green juices are just sugar water. Suja Juice's Green Supreme has 42 grams of sugar, no iron or B vitamins, and minimal protein. At $6.99 to $8.99 per bottle, you're getting …. juice. Similarly, BlueprintCleanse, Juice From The Raw, and JUS by Julie are not magic keys to weight loss and well-being. All are cold-pressed, organic, and sell at astronomically high prices with vague promises of making you less gross.
Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its "Brain Training" Program
Via Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The creators and marketers of the Lumosity "brain training" program have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges alleging that they deceived consumers with unfounded claims that Lumosity games can help users perform better at work and in school, and reduce or delay cognitive impairment associated with age and other serious health conditions.
As part of the settlement, Lumos Labs, the company behind Lumosity, will pay $2 million in redress and will notify subscribers of the FTC action and provide them with an easy way to cancel their auto-renewal to avoid future billing.
"Lumosity preyed on consumers' fears about age-related cognitive decline, suggesting their games could stave off memory loss, dementia, and even Alzheimer's disease," said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "But Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads."
According to the FTC's complaint, the Lumosity program consists of 40 games purportedly designed to target and train specific areas of the brain. The company advertised that training on these games for 10 to 15 minutes three or four times a week could help users achieve their "full potential in every aspect of life." The company sold both online and mobile app subscriptions, with options ranging from monthly ($14.95) to lifetime ($299.95) memberships.
Contaminants Found in 92% of TCM Herbal Products
by Steven Novella via NeuroLogica Blog
A new study out of Australia looked at 26 different Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) products purchased from stores. They performed three types of analysis: heavy metal screening, toxicological analysis, and DNA sequencing. They found that 92% of the products tested had at least one type of contaminant.
This adds to a growing list of studies and revelations about how poorly the supplement industry is regulated, and raises further concerns about the overall quality of herbal and supplement products.
A 2008 study found that about 20% of ayurvedic herbal products contained heavy metal contamination, often at levels high enough to be toxic.
A 2013 study published in the BMC found that:
"Although we were able to authenticate almost half (48%) of the products, one-third of these also contained contaminants and or fillers not listed on the label. Product substitution occurred in 30/44 of the products tested and only 2/12 companies had products without any substitution, contamination or fillers."
A 2014 study published in JAMA found that half of the product recalled by the FDA for being adulterated with banned drugs were dietary supplements, including up to one third of products purchased online. Further, when the FDA followed up they found that 6 months after they had issued a recall for adulterated supplements, two-thirds were still on the market and still contained the banned drugs.
Mike Adams Stunning Confession: "You Guys Didn't Know Natural News Was Satire?"
After years of riling up the most vulnerable, desperate, and at times tin foil hat wearing and paranoid contingents in the world, Mike Adams finally comes clean.
"I've been making this shit up as I go. How the fuck didn't anybody catch it?"
Adams' wild claims about everything from vaccines being a holocaust, vaccines being a government scam, chemicals making your kids gay, or claiming that honey and water makes a great mouthwash? He's finally admitted that he was just yanking yer' goat.
"I started the website out as a joke, you know? Nobody could have believed all of that. I mean just look at the atrocious grammar, the videos comparing a chicken nugget to an alien landscape, my insane self-written profile, the goddamn articles themselves. It reads like satire. I mean, nobody could possibly have the cognitive dissonance to run a business like this, not publicly cite any sources, and think they have a shred of credibility, right? I've been pulling this whole thing off brilliantly for years."
Adams smiles when he thinks back over his long and storied career as an organic, alternative health crusader.
Ten Facebook Pages You Need to Stop Sharing From
By Dawn Pedersen via dawnsbrain.com
A friend of mine shared an eyebrow-raising article on Facebook. The linked story was along the lines of "private planes stolen by terrorists in the Middle East, and an attack is imminent". The sensible people among his friends good-naturedly mocked him. They ribbed him about how ridiculous the prediction was. And all you had to do was consider the source.
My friend had shared the story from a notoriously crackpot Facebook page. The post lacked any merit, save a few tenuous and unrelated pieces of actual news. This behavior was typical of this particular page. Often, these types of pages hook you with a kernel of truth, and then wrap it in layers of idiocy.
When confronted, this friend said, "well, we'll see who's right in time." The prediction by Natural News has failed to become reality almost a year later.
The Facebook fan pages below have a habit of spitting scientific inquiry and reason in the eye. They also have an unreasonably high number of fans who share their inanity. Shares from the following pages deserve a serious eye roll and shaking of one's head.
#10 Alex Jones
Facebook fans: 856K
What He Says About Himself
"Documentary Filmmaker, Nationally Syndicated Radio Talkshow & Prisonplanet.tv Host – Free video/audio stream"
What He Really Does
Mr. Jones uses a ton of hyperbole, conspiracy theories, and a loose connection to reality, to whip up fear and loathing in his audience.
Recent Ridiculousness
Whatever your feelings are on using legislation to increase vaccination rates, you won't find any legitimate support for implications that vaccines contain toxic doses of chemical. Nor that there are aborted fetal cells in any of the shots we get.
Sample Fan Comment
World government, population control, fluoride hysteria, GMOs, illegal cancer cures, and chemtrails. This comment has it all.
#9 Food Babe
Facebook fans: 938K
What She Says About Herself
"Vani Hari started FoodBabe.com in April 2011 to spread information about what is really in the American food supply. She teaches people how to make the right purchasing decisions at the grocery store, how to live an organic lifestyle, and how to travel healthfully around the world. The success in her writing and investigative work can be seen in the way food companies react to her uncanny ability to find and expose the truth."
What She Really Does
Ms. Hari, the "Food Babe", parrots Dr. Mercola and cobbles together cherry-picked blurbs from questionable studies and Wikipedia. She uses the term "investigation" to excuse the fact that she often gives medical advice without having any education in the life sciences. She picks the weirdest ingredients to go after.
Recent Ridiculousness
This from the woman who claimed to have cured all her allergies with acupuncture and "clean eating".
Sample Fan Comment
On Facebook, it's only a matter of time before someone pulls out the EO sales kit.
Surviving Whole Foods
By Kelly MacLean via huffingtonpost
Whole Foods is like Vegas. You go there to feel good but you leave broke, disoriented, and with the newfound knowledge that you have a vaginal disease.
Unlike Vegas, Whole Foods' clientele are all about mindfulness and compassion… until they get to the parking lot. Then it's war. As I pull up this morning, I see a pregnant lady on the crosswalk holding a baby and groceries. This driver swerves around her and honks. As he speeds off I catch his bumper sticker, which says 'NAMASTE'. Poor lady didn't even hear him approaching because he was driving a Prius. He crept up on her like a panther.
As the great, sliding glass doors part I am immediately smacked in the face by a wall of cool, moist air that smells of strawberries and orchids. I leave behind the concrete jungle and enter a cornucopia of organic bliss; the land of hemp milk and honey. Seriously, think about Heaven and then think about Whole Foods; they're basically the same.
The first thing I see is the great wall of kombucha — 42 different kinds of rotten tea. Fun fact: the word kombucha is Japanese for 'I gizzed in your tea.' Anyone who's ever swallowed the glob of mucus at the end of the bottle knows exactly what I'm talking about. I believe this thing is called "The Mother," which makes it that much creepier.
Next I see the gluten-free section filled with crackers and bread made from various wheat-substitutes such as cardboard and sawdust. I skip this aisle because I'm not rich enough to have dietary restrictions. Ever notice that you don't meet poor people with special diet needs? A gluten intolerant house cleaner? A cab driver with Candida? Candida is what I call a rich, white person problem. You know you've really made it in this world when you get Candida. My personal theory is that Candida is something you get from too much hot yoga. All I'm saying is if I were a yeast, I would want to live in your yoga pants.
Next I approach the beauty aisle. There is a scary looking machine there that you put your face inside of and it tells you exactly how ugly you are.
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Controversial Texas doctor Stanislaw Burzynski goes before disciplinary board
Houston doctor Stanislaw Burzynski – a rock star in the alternative medicine world – has spent decades fighting state and federal regulators, who often have taken a dim view of his claims to be able to cure the terminally ill patients no one else can help, using unapproved medicines available only from him.
The Texas Medical Board has repeatedly tried and failed to shut Burzynski down, arguing that the pugnacious Polish immigrant puts patients in danger by marketing unapproved and potentially risky cancer drugs of his own invention.
Burzynski's latest battle begins Thursday, at a disciplinary hearing in the state capital.
The medical board, like most of the medical establishment, paints Burzynski as a snake-oil salesman who hawks unproven therapies to desperate souls.
Yet that disdain hasn't deterred patients from around the world from seeking care at his Houston clinic.
Now, Texas medical officials are trying a different tactic.
Pouring Cold Water on Cryotherapy
Questioning whether this new spa treatment provides all the medical benefits it claims.
By Brian Dunning via skeptoid
Read transcript below or listen here
One of our most abundant renewable resources is bogus medical therapies. About every day, someone thinks up a new one: sometimes invented from whole cloth, sometimes extrapolated from a real therapy, sometimes tweaked from an old tradition. Today we're going to look closely at one such spin-the-wheel-and-create-an-alternate-therapy: cryotherapy.
Don't confuse this with medical cryotherapy, the freezing off of tissue, usually called cryoablation. Alternative cryotherapy is a hijack of an actual medical term repurposed to refer to the use of what they call a cryosauna, the opposite of a regular sauna. Rather than applying ice to a specific body part, a cryosauna is used for what they call Whole Body Cryotherapy. It's a small room for one or more people, cooled by liquid nitrogen to extreme temperatures, usually about -125°C/-200°F but sometimes advertised as low as -170°C/-275°F. You have to wear special slippers to protect your feet since you can't touch anything in there, and you have to wear a mask to avoid frostbite to your pulmonary system. You stay in for no more than three minutes.
What is the medical claim? Unfortunately, as it is with so many alternative therapies, cryosaunas are claimed to cure just about anything the proprietor says, and they all have different spiels. Most all of them say it treats inflammation, skin conditions, and aids in workout recovery. There are several spas, plus chiropractors and other alternative practitioners near me who offer cryotherapy, according to Yelp.
Almost all of the customer reviews are raving. Here are some samples:
"My inflammation almost immediately decreased and I felt a huge wave of euphoria similar to a runner's high."
"Felt great afterwards. Will try again to see if I have any lasting effects."
"I feel euphorically energized after each session and I have noticed that my tendinitis has gotten better after 2 sessions."
"I feel so good afterwards. I can tell this cryotherapy is helping to heal my body!"
Why do these people feel so good unless there's something to cryosauna therapy? Is it possible their reaction comes from something other than genuine treatment of some medical condition? The evidence shows that it probably is.
Superbrain Yoga is BS
by Steven Novella via NeuroLogica Blog
Here is the latest fad to make you smarter with one easy trick – Superbrain Yoga. The technique is simple (and worthless, but we'll get to that).
All you have to do is touch your left hand to your right earlobe, your right hand to your left earlobe, take a deep breath, and do a squat. Who knew it could be so easy to improve your brain function. There are a few more details, helpfully shared by Parenting Special Needs magazine:
– Connect your tongue to your palate.
– Face East
– The left arm must be inside and the right arm must be outside (over the left arm).
– Inhale while squatting down and exhale while standing up.
– You thumbs should be touching the front part of your earlobes, index fingers behind the earlobes.
– Perform the exercise 14-21 times, once or twice a day.
Facing East is very important, because magic.
When I first heard of Superbrain Yoga I thought it was going to be a neuroscience-based pseudoscience, with some hand-waving explanations about blood flow or something. This one is actually blatantly spiritual magical nonsense.
This practice is based on the principles of subtle energy and ear acupuncture. Basically, SuperBrain Yoga allows energy from your lower chakras–or energy centers–to move up to the forehead and crown chakras. When this happens, this energy is transformed into subtle energy, which is utilized by the brain to enhance its proper functioning.
It's Eastern mysticism, however, which is a far-off exotic culture, so that makes it OK.
What is Miracle Mineral Supplement/Solution?
By Myles Power via YouTube
From the video description:
What was once known as Miracle Mineral Supplement, but for legal reasons had to change its name to Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), is a 28% sodium chlorite solution in distilled water currently being sold online as a cure-all tonic. Jim Humble, the man who coined the name and who is also the self-styled Archbishop of his own church (Genesis II), believes that once "activated" by an acidic solution, MMS can be used to cure people of our most feared illnesses including HIV, cancer, and malaria.
In reality MMS is a harmful mixture of toxic compounds that is being aggressively marketed online as a panacea to very sick and unconsenting children. Put simply, it's the worst kind of woo and should be avoided at all costs.
MISTAKE! i mixed up chloride and chlorite at the start.
Update: 11/02/2015: Related Link: Man Who Sold Industrial Chemical As "Miracle Mineral Solution" Sentenced To 51 Months In Jail (consumerist.com)
Antibiotics in Beef
By The Feeding Tube via YouTube
Read the transcript on YouTube
Is WiFi Safe?
Source: BrainStuff – HowStuffWorks (YouTube)
My Ninety Seconds of Cryotherapy
By Carrie Poppy via The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry – CSI
This Much Will Kill You
As the saying goes, "the dosage makes the poison." Maybe people like the anti-vaxxers or the anti-fluoridationists can learn a thing or two from this video. 🙂
By AsapSCIENCE via YouTube
A lot of things can kill you – but here are some surprising ones!
High fructose corn syrup – it's just sugar
Via The Original Skeptical Raptor
The 'Food Babe': A Taste of Her Own Medicine
By Mark Aaron Alsip via The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry – CSI
Five Facts About Chiropractic That Might Make You Reconsider Getting Your Back Cracked
by Ross Pomeroy via RealClearScience
Another Study that Doesn't Show How Acupuncture Works
by Steven Novella via NeuroLogica Blog
The Colossal Hoax Of Organic Agriculture
By Henry I. Miller and Drew L. Kershen via Forbes
Organic certification is process-based. That is, certifying agents attest to the ability of organic operations to follow a set of production standards and practices which meet the requirements of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the [National Organic Program] regulations . . . If all aspects of the organic production or handling process were followed correctly, then the presence of detectable residue from a genetically modified organism alone does not constitute a violation of this regulation. [emphasis added]
Galvanic Skin Response Pseudoscience
by Steven Novella via Science-Based Medicine
The galvanic skin response
I was recently asked to look into a product called Zyto technology. This is an electronic device that you place your palm on top of so that it can read your "galvanic skin response" (GSR) to specific stimuli. It then uses your responses to prescribe a specific treatment.
Will Half the Children be Autistic by 2025?
Who doesn't like Myles? 🙂
By Myles Power via YouTube
According to Alliance for Natural Health half of all children will be autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT. Lets see were they got that number from.
This Is NOT NATURAL
By AsapSCIENCE via YouTube
This episode was inspired by the work of James Kennedy. Check out all of his 'Natural' food infographics on his website: https://jameskennedymonash.wordpress….
Belle Gibson 60 Minutes interview: From Whole Pantry to 'whole truth'
"Do you accept that you're a pathological liar?"
Who is Belle Gibson? Via Wikipedia:
Annabelle Natalie "Belle" Gibson (born October 1991) is an Australian … alternative health advocate whose marketing platform was founded on her fraudulent claims of having … foregone conventional cancer treatments to positively self-manage multiple cancers through diet and controversial alternative therapies.
In early March 2015, after media reporting identified Gibson's apparently fraudulent claims of charity fundraising and donation-making, further media investigation soon revealed that Gibson had also apparently fabricated her stories of cancer, and lied about her age as well as other details of her personal life and history.
via news.com.au (Australia)
BELLE Gibson's interview with Tara Brown took a tense turn last night, as the hard-hitting reporter confronted the disgraced wellness blogger with fresh evidence suggesting she knew all along that she didn't have a brain tumour.
Brown hammered shamed health guru, asking, "Do you accept that you're a pathological liar?"
Gibson replied: "No."
Gibson, who, in April, was forced to admit that she lied about having brain cancer and cured it through natural means, was offered no reprieve from Brown who was clearly fed up with her storytelling.
"You don't have a good record on telling the truth, do you?" Brown put to her.
Sitting face-to-face with Brown, Gibson teared up as she told how she "lost everything" after her cancer confession came to light.
But Gibson maintained that she didn't deceive her followers or the public. She argued that she had been deceived. Gibson said she was told by an immunologist and neurologist, 'Mark Johns', that she had terminal brain cancer after he diagnosed her using a 'frequency' machine in her home several years ago.
"He went to my home and did a series of tests. There was a machine with lights on the front. There are two metal pads, one below the chair and one behind your back, measuring frequencies and then he said to me that I had a stage four brain tumour and that I had four months to live.
"At the time, I believed I was having radio therapy. When he gave me medication, I was told it was oral chemotherapy and I believed it."
As the hour-long interview continued, Gibson insisted she was telling the truth about "my reality".
"I've not been intentionally untruthful. I've been completely open when speaking about what was my reality and what is my reality now," she told Brown.
"It doesn't match your normal or your reality."
Gibson said she believed "Mark" for years that she was living with the burden of a terminal illness, however her evidence didn't stack up with the evidence at all and 60 Minutes has not been able to find any record of a 'Mark Johns'.
After the interview, Gibson handed over her medical records to 60 Minutes which showed that she had a brain scan at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in 2011, two years before she started to market her sob story to the public for profit and adulation.
Gibson said that she had that brain scan because she started to doubt the diagnosis 'Johns' had given her but that the scans had been directly sent to 'Johns' from the hospital. Johns then showed her a scan with brain cancer.
However, her medical records from the Alfred stated that she had a 40-minute consultation with a neurologist there who told her that her brain scans were clear. But the reason she went to the Alfred for scans was . . .
Jim Carrey bent on ruining his career with dumb Twitter rant about vaccines
By Justin Wm. Moyer via The Washington Post
"California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory [sic] vaccines," Carrey wrote. "This corporate fascist must be stopped."
Carrey didn't stop there. Continuing:
They say mercury in fish is dangerous but forcing all of our children to be injected with mercury in thimerosol is no risk. Make sense? I am not anti-vaccine. I am anti-thimerosal, anti-mercury. They have taken some of the mercury laden thimerosal out of vaccines. NOT ALL! The CDC can't solve a problem they helped start. It's too risky to admit they have been wrong about mercury/thimerasol. They are corrupt. Go to traceamounts.com watch the documentary and judge for yourselves. If you really care about the kids you will. It's shocking!
Carrey linked to the Web site for "Trace Amounts: Autism, Mercury, and the Hidden Truth," a 2014 documentary that examines "the role of mercury poisoning in the Autism epidemic." (Low doses of the preservative thimerasol, which contains mercury, are not harmful, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; however, it is not used in most childhood vaccines "as a precautionary measure.")
"It was a rare moment in the spotlight for a group that has been increasingly shunned and chastised," the Los Angeles Times wrote of the film's premiere in February. "Though anti-vaccine proponents say they are doing what they believe is best for their children, pro-vaccine parents argue that choosing not to vaccinate puts the overall health of a community at risk."
Those who insist vaccines are dangerous or may cause autism drew ire in California earlier this year after a measles outbreak at Disneyland in Anaheim.
Also See: Jim Carrey bent on ruining his career with dumb Twitter rant about vaccines (Doubtful News)
The Vaccinator
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Bill Nye's Suspicious Change of Heart on GMOs After Visiting Monsanto
By Sally Painter via Top Secret Writers
Up until the visit with Monsanto scientists, Nye disapproved of the use and creation of GMOs. According to the Washington Post, Nye stated in his 2014 book, "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" that the foods containing GMO crops are fundamentally problematic. The Post explained that Nye also said that GMOs could possibly have "environmental risks" that cannot be ruled out with any kind of certainty (1).
Yet, somehow one visit to Monsanto some 10+ years after aligning himself against GMOs, and Nye appears to be singing GMO praises. So what exactly happened during that visit? Was it the science as pro-GMO advocates claim that changed Nye's opinion?
Bill Maher's Interview with Nye
Backstage after his appearance on Bill Maher's "Real Time," Nye revealed that he's revising the entire chapter on GMOs in his 2014 book.
I went to Monsanto," Nye said during the backstage interview, "and I spent a lot of time with the scientists there, and I have revised my outlook, and I'm very excited about telling the world. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."
It's not surprising that anti-GMO supporters are astounded by Nye's change in his stance on GMOs. It begs the questions: Why did Nye decide to visit Monsanto after all these years? What was he shown or told that changed his long-held opinion?
To add more fuel to the conspiracy theories, Nye is being tight-lipped, citing his revised chapter will reveal all. However, Monsanto's tweets reveal their immense pleasure in winning Nye over to their side.
Does aspartame cause MS?
by Laurie L. Dove via HowStuffWorks
For 10 years, Nancy drank diet soda — sometimes as many as four or five a day. Otherwise, she ate and drank in moderation, exercised regularly and got plenty of sleep. Then one day, as Nancy picked up her glass of diet soda, it slipped from her fingers and crashed to the floor. Shocked, Nancy tried again, only to discover her hand wouldn't properly respond. The problems subsisted for weeks, then her legs began to buckle and her vision to blur. Eventually, Nancy's doctor diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
Desperate to know more about MS, Nancy scoured the Internet for answers. She learned MS usually strikes between ages 20 and 40, that it affects women more often than men and that scientists don't yet understand its root cause (source: WebMD). Then she came across an obscure message board and realized she might have a clue after all. There might be a link between aspartame and MS. Wasn't that the ingredient in all the diet sodas she'd had over the years?
While the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation stops short of saying aspartame — or any additive, for that matter — is 100 percent safe, it doesn't subscribe to the notion that aspartame causes MS. Aspartame was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in carbonated beverages, and other beverages and foods in the 1980s. After a volley of complaints from consumers experiencing everything from insomnia to diarrhea after ingesting carbonated beverages containing aspartame, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated aspartame's use and concluded there wasn't any evidence that it caused these symptoms. More to the point, the CDC failed to find a link between aspartame and the onset of MS (source: Guthrie).
The idea that aspartame causes MS most likely stems from a supposed first-hand account of an aspartame expert that has persisted on the Internet and in chain e-mails since the 1990s. Although this article is frequently attributed to the author "Nancy Merkle," nobody has ever come forward to take credit and the article contains no citations (source: Guthrie).
The FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research refuted the claims made in the account, which linked aspartame to a number of diseases and maladies, including MS. According to the FDA, aspartame is one of the most frequently tested food additives and there's no evidence to support a link between aspartame and MS (source: Hattan). That's good news for Nancy and others who drink diet beverages and opt for "low-cal" foods containing aspartame.
Are We Seeing the End of Homeopathy?
By Steven Novella via NeuroLogica Blog
Several years ago, during a lecture on Science-Based Medicine, I noted that if there were one medical pseudoscience that was vulnerable to extinction it was homeopathy. Homeopathy is perhaps the most obviously absurd medical pseudoscience. It is also widely studied, and has been clearly shown to not work. Further, there is a huge gap in the public understanding of what homeopathy is; it therefore seems plausible that the popularity of homeopathy can take a huge hit just by telling the public what it actually is.
Further, homeopathy is in a precarious regulatory position. Homeopathic products are presented and regulated as drugs, but clearly they are not, and they are also not supplements, herbal drugs, nutrition-based, or natural products. They are simply fraudulent drugs riding a wave of ignorance.
In the last few years homeopathy has had a rough time. While the industry is still growing, there are signs of clear trouble on the horizon. Let's review:
Some Background
Homeopathy is a 200 year old pre-scientific system of medicine based upon magical thinking. It is mostly based on two notions, the first of which is that like cures like. In other words, a substance that causes a symptom can cure that symptom in extremely low doses. There is no scientific basis for this, despite the desperate attempts by homeopaths to invoke vaccine-like analogies, or their new favorite, hormesis.
The second notion is that you make a remedy more powerful by diluting it to extreme degrees. People have fun making comparisons, such as the need to drink a solar-system's worth of water to have a 50% chance of getting a single molecule of active ingredient. No problem, say the homeopaths, homeopathic potions contain the magical "essence" of what was previously diluted in them. It's turtles all the way down.


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of the multiplying plot lines in Stephen Gaghans new political thriller
Syriana, I found myself wondering whether this enormously ambitious writer-director was trying to sum up our anxious times, murder traditional narrative, or work up some aesthetic equivalent of a coke high. Seldom have form, content and cultural sensibility been so excitably aligned as in this fascinating, exasperating film about the unholy marriage of power politics and global business. Gaghan, who last rattled our bones with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Steven Soderberghs international drug-trade thriller,
Traffic, again whirls us around the worlds political hot spots, repeatedly yanking us back home to witness the lethal antics of American power brokers in pursuit of the rapidly depleting commodity that has led us into gratuitous wars and dubious alliances with nasty regimes and, Gaghan implies, brought terror to our doorsteps.
Syrianadoes for oil what
Trafficdid for drugs lays it squarely in the laps of the damn Yanks.
As a director, Gaghan has soaked up much of his skittish shooting style from Soderbergh. Like
Syriana, which was executive-produced by Soderbergh and George Clooneys Section Eight production company, is filmed with hand-held cameras and copious cutting between short, staccato scenes. But its a glossier, more panoramic affair the cinematographer is Robert Elswit, who shot Clooneys urbane
Good Night, and Good Luck that switches giddily, if Im keeping score right, between the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., the oil fields of Kazakhstan, Tehrans criminal underworld, an unidentified oil-rich Persian Gulf state, and a five-star, Arab-owned resort in sunny Spain. Gaghan, who has knocked about the world a bit himself, unleashes an indigestible cast of characters who range from the shamelessly power-mad (corporate fat cats, lawyers, oil sheiks, government higher-ups and other shadowy figures) to the desperately powerless (itinerant workers trawling the Middle East for hardscrabble oil-field labor), with a few unfortunates bearing opaque job titles caught in the middle.
All but lost in the crowd is Bob Barnes (Clooney, deglamorized again and loving it), a mid-level CIA agent loosely based on Robert Baer, whose memoir
See No Evilinspired the movie. Chubby and rumpled in an elderly windbreaker, his features buried in a shaggy full beard, Bob works the frontline of international espionage, a faceless blender-in among Iranian arms dealers and Islamic fundamentalists in a world where exploding cars and backroom torture come with the territory. In the fine old tradition of movie snoops, Bobs private life is a shambles. Hes estranged from his wife and barely available to his college-bound son (Max Minghella). Even on the job, he cuts an anachronistic figure in a downsized, remote-control CIA where intelligence is picked up via Internet chatter and intervention takes the form of long-range missiles tracked by computer from gleaming high-rise offices in Washington to the desert dunes of the Middle East. But Bobs greatest weakness shines out of his soulful brown eyes. Hes a believer a man who thinks hes serving his country which makes him a quaint, if twisted idealist in a system that scorns idealists as losers. We get the heroes we deserve, I guess: Bob is an assassin, whose final assignment before he gets kicked upstairs to a cushy desk job is to bump off Prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig), heir apparent to the throne of the unnamed Gulf State and a reformer who wants to stop selling oil cheap to the Americans because the Chinese will pay top dollar, allowing him to revitalize his countrys ailing economic infrastructure. When the job is aborted, Bob is brutally brought to understand that his superiors have been deceiving him for years about the true purpose of his activities.
Lest you fear this is not enough plot, great chunks of
Syrianaare given over to the machinations of creepy Beltway bedfellows, with corporate types consistently trumping the pols as they forge uneasy mergers and jockey for hegemony over Middle East oil. Gaghans screenplay is crisp and sassy; his writing has the fierce clarity and erudition of the self-taught intellectual. Still, its hard to give individual life to a cast of characters this big without flattening them into types. Flawlessly played though they are by, among others, Christopher Plummer, Matt Damon, William Hurt, Chris Cooper and Viola Davis (a vinegary stitch as a Condi-like deputy national security adviser), they come off as a quietly insidious but undifferentiated lot, mere mouthpieces for the various arms of evil empire and its hapless discontents. Perhaps the homogenization of the corporate-political nexus is the whole point here, but from a dramatic standpoint, theres something bloodless and uninvolving about
Syrianas Quiet Americans.
Gaghan draws his Arab characters with a more discriminating intelligence, and in a lumbering effort to breathe emotional life into the movie, peppers the action with parallel father-son dramas that cut across lines of race, class and geography. It may be a liberal indulgence that
Syrianaoffers us more sympathetic Arab power brokers than it does good American ones. For one thing, we dont hear too much about Persian Gulf heads of state who are bursting with zeal for democratic reform. For another, the movie is disturbingly dewy-eyed about suicide bombers, by no means all of whom are alienated children of poverty and discrimination. Still, as movies go, its a breath of fresh air to see any Arabs at all positively depicted. And given the almost daily revelations about covert operations in the CIA and the cozy relations between the Bush administration and the multinationals, its hard to argue with Gaghans central thesis that America has the most to answer for in the current bloody war between East and West.
Syrianaseems fashionably up-to-the-minute in putting its finger on post-9/11 anxieties, its style and sensibility hark back to the paranoid moviemaking of the early 1970s. The stage has grown more global, the players more far-flung, the technology of war more friendly to special effects. But the song the crushing of idealism, however tainted, by heedless powermongers remains the same. Its not just the skittering style of
Syrianathat gives you the jitters, but the image of a world where the separation of powers has become a bitter joke. Gaghan condemns it, but he also gets off on all the power plays. More troubling yet is that I cant tell whether
Syrianais a deeply pessimistic movie or a deeply cynical one. Politically and morally, theres a critical difference. For if pessimism of the intellect can always cohabit with optimism of the will, cynicism is its own dead end.
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When life gives you carp, think to the East; it's a prized fish in Asia. Even so, carp are normally thought of as trash fish, dirty, muddy and bony — and they can be all of these things.
But if you catch one in clean water, they will not taste muddy at all.
Carp is farmed all over the world, and indeed was brought to the United States as a food fish by the Germans in the 1800s. It is cheap, and, when properly farmed, firmer and cleaner-tasting than tilapia. It's often cheaper, too.
But, there is one thing you will need to get used to: Bones. Carp have an extra set of bones you will need to deal with.
In Asian cultures, they are not so frightened of a few bones — besides, eating with chopsticks makes it easy to pick around them. The technique I am using here goes a long way to thwarting the bones. You need to slice the carp to the backbone every 1/4 inch or so, which cuts the little bones and opens them up to the hot oil. It's the hot oil that softens the bones to the point where you can barely notice them.
This technique works really well with pike and shad, too.
Keep in mind there is no reason you need to use carp here; it's just that carp is traditional. Any small fish that can fit in a wok will do: Rock cod, bluegills, smallmouth bass, white bass, black seabass, porgies, spot, croaker — you get the point. Any fish that's a little too small to properly fillet works.
Serves 4
- 2 whole (but scaled and gutted) carp or other pan-sized fish
- 3 chopped green onions
- A 1-inch piece of finely chopped, peeled ginger
- 2 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine (or Japanese Mirin)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 chopped hot chile
- 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns (optional)
- A 3-inch piece of peeled ginger
- 1/2 medium onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1/2 finely chopped habanero chile, or 1-2 Thai chiles or 1 serrano
- 5 tablespoons water
- 5 tablespoons tomato sauce or ketchup
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine (or Japanese Mirin)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons corn starch
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
- 2 finely chopped green onions or chives
- 2-4 cups peanut or vegetable oil
- 1 cup rice, potato or regular flour for dredging
- Prepare the fish. Cut off the fins of each fish with kitchen shears or scissors. Remove the gills of the fish if they are still attached by cutting them out with the kitchen shears. Make vertical slices along each side of the fish evenly spaced along its length, about 1/4 inch apart from each other — this is very important, because carp have an extra set of bones you need to cut. Doing this shortens the bones and opens them up to the hot oil, which softens them enough to eat. Rinse the fish under cold water and pat dry.
- Marinate the fish. Put the 3 chopped green onions, chile, the 1-inch piece of finely chopped ginger, the Chinese cooking wine, soy sauce and the black pepper into a blender and buzz to combine. Pour the mixture into a glass or plastic container, or a Ziploc bag. Add the Sichuan peppercorns, if using. Place the fish in the container and make sure the marinade surrounds the fish. Let this sit in the fridge for 30 minutes to 3 hours.
- When you are ready to cook the fish, take it out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
- Prepare the vegetables. Julienne the 3-inch piece of ginger. Keep in mind 3 inches is a guideline, so the ginger can be a bit larger or smaller. Cut the ginger into a rectangle, then slice it into thin rectangles about 1/8 inch thick. Then slice these thin rectangles into very thin strips — as thin as you can make them.
- Slice the 1/2 onion into very thin half-moons. Slice the garlic cloves as thinly as you can along the long side of the clove to make long pieces.
- Pour the oil into a wok and turn the heat on to medium-high. If you do not have a wok, use the largest, deepest skillet you have. A wok really matters here, though, as its shape prevents the tail fin from burning to charcoal.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Mix the tomato sauce — I use pureed tomatoes — sugar, soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine, water and corn starch and stir vigorously to combine. Set it aside.
- Check the oil temperature. You want it to be about 325°F. If you do not have a thermometer (you should buy one!) the oil is ready when a drop of flour tossed into the oil sizzles immediately. Fry the fish. Remove the carp from the marinade and dredge in flour. Shake off excess, and when the oil is at hot, slip the fish one at a time into the oil. You are probably going to have to cook one fish at time. If so, turn the oven on to "warm."
- Fry the fish for at least 5 minutes per side. You want it to be golden brown. I will fry a 1-pound fish for 8 minutes on the first side, 5 minutes on the other side. Larger fish will need more time. When the first fish is done, remove it to a plate and put the plate in the warm oven. Fry the second fish the same way as the first.
- Finish the dish. When the fish are done, ladle out all but about 1/4 cup of oil. Toss in the slivered ginger, the onion, the chiles and the slivered garlic and stir-fry over high heat for 2 minutes. Add the sweet-and-sour sauce and stir well to combine. Bring this to a rapid boil and stir well. Cook for 2 minutes.
- To serve, pour some sauce on a plate, place the fish on top of it and garnish with the finely chopped chives and cilantro. This dish goes best with simple steamed white rice.


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In a move to tighten visa norms for Pakistanis and foreigners seeking to enter from the neighbouring country, India is redrafting its visa forms and making it mandatory for them to file their requests online.
"This would enable security agencies to access the information promptly and conduct necessary verification," said a senior government official.
The new forms will be mandatory for applicants in Pakistan, irrespective of their nationality.
Learning from the ease with which terror suspect David Headley was able to get a long-term business visa to India, the new form asks the applicant to report on previous nationalities held and if grandparents were Pakistani nationals or belong to an area held by Pakistan.
But while it tightens norms for Pakistanis, the government is also considering lowering the clearances needed by nationals of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The proposal for Bangladesh will soon be finalised as security agencies have had "an extraordinary level of cooperation" after the Sheikh Hasina government assumed power.
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The USS Carl Vinson will host a game tonight featuring the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Michigan St Spartans. A tribute to the men and women that serve this great nation. Happy Veterans Day.
Check out this cool time lapse video of them building the basketball court on the same ship that buried Osama Bin Laden.
Give me the over 135 points tonight. President Obama isn't going to show up and watch a low scoring affair.


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Crocus Tip
Narcissus 'Pacific Coast'
tazetta daffodil bulbs
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: March and April
- Flower colour: yellow petals with a darker yellow cup
- Other features: excellent cut-flowers
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Bulb size: 10/12
A variant of the popular 'Minnow', it produces dainty yellow flowers each with a butter yellow perianth and a slightly darker cup. These well scented blooms form in loose clusters on the upright stems in spring and make excellent cut flowers. Their compact habit makes them a great choice for creating a seasonal display in pots and containers. - Garden care: Wearing gloves plant bulbs 10-15cm deep and 10cm apart in autumn. After flowering feed with a balanced fertiliser, dead-head the flowers, but do not be tempted to cut back or tidy the foliage after flowering as this will interfere with the bulbs ability to store energy for the following year's flowers.
- Harmful if eaten/skin irritant
Bulb blindness
Bulbs produce lovely foliage but no flowers. Either no buds at all appear or those that do are dry and virtually empty of petals. Daffodils (Narcissi) are usually the worst affects, especially multi-headed or double forms.
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If rabbits, deer, squirrels or cats devour or scratch up your plants these wire mesh protectors will give them time to get established. The pyramid-shaped 'Rabbit Proof Cloche' and dome-shaped 'Squirrel Proof Cloche'
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One of the great things about gardening is being able to look into the future with enthusiasm, and part of that is planting now for next spring. A gardener knows, when handling papery brown bulbs, that these insignificant little things will produce early
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Gatski Commercial's Ali Roesener and Laramie Bracken represented the buyer, AbsoQ, LLC., in the acquisition of a 9,075-square-foot industrial building for $756,000 at 4137 Wagon Trail Avenue in Las Vegas. Jay Heller of Heller Companies represented the seller, Vegas Investment Partners, LLC.
Gatski Commercial's Nick Barber and Jeremy Foley represented the seller, Camelat Family Trust, in the disposition of a 6,064-square-foot office/industrial building for $578,200 at 1172 Wigwam Parkway in Henderson.
Gatski Commercial's Laramie Bracken and Ali Roesener represented Mer-Car Corporation, in a 120-month lease of a 3,000-square-foot free-standing retail building at 21 Marion Drive in Las Vegas for $474,223. John Dawson from Las Vegas Commercial and Business Sales represented the tenant, James Lee.
Gatski Commercial's Rob Lujan and Jason Simon represented CVPropCo. LLC in an 84-month lease of an 8,141-square-foot industrial space at 3485 Harmon Avenue in Las Vegas for $342,520. Bill Walsh of New Growth Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant, Ed Roman Enterprises, Inc.
Owned by Frank Gatski, CPM, CCIM, the Las Vegas-based Gatski Commercial Real Estate Services is Southern Nevada's largest privately held, full-service commercial real estate firm, representing 8 million square feet of commercial space. Gatski Commercial has served Southern Nevada commercial real estate owners since 1993.


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dhgarske needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
ibenefit.com.au will be a website that: 1. provides purchasing platform that gives purchasers access to better deals. Products will include cars, wine, tickets, insurance, etc. the URLs subdomain will change according to the product - i.e. tickets.ibenefit.com.au, flights.ibenefit.com.au, cars.ibenefit......
2. be the engine for affiliates to put the search engine on their website or intranet so they can pass on benefits to their own membership.
3. Eventually it will grow into a portal that gives consumers access to the best deals from a range of products, brands, services.
we need a logo
1. logo that can be used on main website
2. be able to have words in front of it in subdomain (as in Summary point 1 above)
3. logo will be used on letterhead, business cards, and keynote (or powerpoint)
- OK... im not wedded to this statement... but it shows the feeling of the site... "who benefits? i benefit!" the logo should reflect this and also be able to be used with any product in front of it (as outlined above in Summary point 1)
- The "i" in the name is definately a personal thing, not a body part... it is "I" benfit... not a play on "eye" benefit... so unless it is fabulous, stay away from logos with an eyeball


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All I had was some ginger marmalade in the cupboard, which is nice, but not exactly blessed with that lovely burnt-orange flavour. Ginger marmalade is more of an excuse for getting ginger onto buttered toast just because you happen to really like ginger a lot. But when I remembered that I had a bit of fresh ginger sitting in the fridge (I usually always do, as it happens), I realised that here could be the answer to something really quite special. And when I also recalled a half-used jar of stem ginger in the cupboard (OK, there is always some of that there, too), that put the clinchers on it. Ginger Queen of Puddings it was to be.
Apart from its culinary use in Asian dishes, ginger has long been associated with sweet dishes, particularly in British food. Ginger (nut and snap) biscuits, steamed ginger puddings, chocolate gingers (Terry's of York still being the best) and, of course, gingerbread and gingerbread men.
These confections, however, usually utilise ground ginger in its spice form, which is only really fresh ginger root, dried and ground into the familiar golden powder. Christmas pudding and cake would not be complete without a spoonful or two. And thinking of Christmas just past, why do we - or, rather, I - never see those pretty blue Chinese jars of stem ginger in syrup any more, as gifts? Apart from the contents being packed into a silly little plastic bag, which was a sod to (stickily) extract the ginger from, it was a welcome addition to the festive guzzle. I can still sit a globe of stem ginger in a spoon, fill the remaining reservoir with double cream and... well, you can guess the rest.
Stem ginger and cream was a popular dessert in days of yore. Apart from it being easy for chef (tinned green figs and cream were often in the same repertoire), it was exotic and just the right-sized portion for the small glass dish known as a coupe; not many of those can accommodate more than about five globes. And the cream, as it curdled with the syrup, was divine.
The syrup, incidentally, is a most useful cooking condiment. In fact, the jars of stem ginger that are always in my store-cupboard don't often languish in that much syrup, as I am always tipping it off for use in various dishes. A few spoonfuls went into a sausage meat recipe recently, in place of the requested honey (I don't care much for honey) and was ripper. In fact, it can be used in place of honey on most occasions; think of honey roast ham for instance. It is also excellent in the making of a sesame dressing for a Peking-style chicken salad, the one known as "Bang-Bang". And the syrup, spooned over crisp bacon when served with the American breakfast of waffles and maple syrup, adds another dimension. Returning once more to desserts, when making a syllabub with stem ginger, use the syrup from the jar in place of the sugar. Ditto ginger ice-cream.
Before I give you some recipes, and so that you, too, don't end up with a cupboard full of jars of stem ginger drying out through lack of moisturising syrup here is a way to make home-made ginger syrup in it's own right, all on its own.
Home-made ginger syrup
450g/1lb granulated sugar
350ml/12 fl oz water
pith-less zest of one lemon (use a potato peeler)
150g/5oz fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely grated
Bring the sugar and water to the boil and cook for
2 minutes. Immediately add the lemon zest and ginger and stir together. Bring back to the boil for a few seconds and pour into a bowl. Cover and leave to infuse overnight. The following day, add 2 tablespoonfuls of water and warm through until liquid and pourable. Strain through a sieve and press on the solids with the back of a ladle to extract all the ginger and lemon flavours. Pour into a
screw-top jar and store until needed, preferably in a cool place or the fridge.
Spiced Sesame Dressing (as for bang-bang chicken salad), makes about 570ml/1 pint
250g/9oz of smooth peanut butter
75g/3oz sesame paste (tahini)
100ml/4fl oz soy sauce
5 tbsp lemon juice
5 tbsp sesame oil
3 pieces stem ginger + 3tbsp of the syrup
1 level tsp dried chilli flakes (less or more, depending upon your taste)
2 peeled cloves garlic, crushed
100ml/4fl oz water
To make the sauce, put all ingredients into a liquidizer and blend until smooth. Push through a fine sieve into a bowl. The consistency required is similar to that of bottled salad cream; if you think it a bit thick, simply whisk in a little more water. This sauce keeps well in the fridge for at least 10 days, stored in a screw-top jar.
To use for bang-bang chicken or similar, toss 2 tsp sesame seeds in a dry pan over moderate heat until light brown in colour and tip onto a plate to cool. Shred abut 350g/12oz of cooked chicken (or turkey, God forbid) and pile onto strips of cucumber and spring onion. Spoon sauce over and sprinkle with dried chilli flakes. Dribble over a little sesame oil and decorate with coriander sprigs. Serves 4
Ginger Queen of Pudding, serves 4
275ml/12 pint of milk
grated rind of 1 lemon
2 tbsp ginger syrup
pinch salt
50g/2oz fresh white breadcrumbs
2 eggs, separated
4 globes stem ginger, diced
15g/12 oz softened butter
3 tbsp ginger marmalade
65g/212 oz caster sugar, for the meringue (the 12 oz used for sprinkling over the surface of the meringue)
Warm the milk with the lemon rind, remove from the heat, cover and leave to infuse for 30 minutes. Add the ginger syrup, salt, breadcrumbs, egg yolks and stem ginger and mix together thoroughly. Lightly butter a baking dish and pour in the mixture. Leave for 15 minutes to allow the crumbs to swell. Pre-heat the oven to 350F/180C/gas mark 4.
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until set and firm to the touch. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites until stiff, then start to add 50g/2oz of the caster sugar in a thin stream. Continue beating until thick and glossy. Spoon the ginger marmalade over the bready sponge, covering the whole surface, and then pile the meringue on top. Shape with the back of a spoon into soft peaks and sprinkle with the remaining half-ounce of sugar. Return the pudding to the oven for about 7-10 minutes, or until pale golden and the surface crusted. Leave to cool until luke warm. Serve with very cold pouring cream, sweetened a little with ginger syrup.
Ginger Syllabub, serves 4-6
Half a bottle fragrant, medium sweet white wine
75ml/3fl oz ginger syrup
2 tbsp Cognac
2 tbsp ginger wine
the thinly pared rind (absolutely no pith) of 2 small lemons and their juice
300ml double cream
4 globes stem ginger, finely diced
Put the wine and ginger syrup into a stainless-steel pan and reduce by half. Cool, add the cognac, lemon rind and juice. Cover with a lid or cling film and leave overnight to infuse.
The following day, strain the liquid into a jug through a fine sieve. Put the cream into the bowl of an electric mixer and slowly start to beat the cream (for an even better texture, hand-beat using a traditional wire balloon whisk). Add the wine infusion a little at a time, beating gently, until all the liquid has been absorbed. Do not over beat. Gently fold the diced stem ginger into the mixture, pile into chilled glass dishes and chill for 1-2 hours. Just before serving, drizzle a little extra ginger syrup over each portion and decorate with a thin sliver of stem ginger.
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Women's Soccer Hosts George Washington in Exhibition Match Thursday
Aug. 10, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University women's soccer hosts George Washington in an exhibition match on Thursday at the Old Dominion Soccer Stadium at 7.m.
The Lady Monarchs have been in camp for a week and tomorrow night is there only exhibition match before hosting Hartford in the season opener on August 19 at 7 p.m.
The match can be seen live on video stream at Monarch TV for free.
Click on the video below for a feature on junior Kelly Evans.


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Michael Kamrava, the man who implanted Octo-mom Nadya Suleman with multiple embryos, resulting in 14 total children — eight famously born at once — has lost his license to practice medicine in California.
In 2010, Kamrava admitted to implanting 12 embryos into Suleman prior to her giving birth to octuplets. That is, according to the Daily Mail, six times the norm for a woman her age. Suleman was 34 when she became pregnant.
Kamrava was accused of being "grossly negligent" with Suleman and in the treatment of two other patients — one a 42-year-old woman who was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer after receiving fertility treatments and a 48-year-old who suffered serious complications while pregnant with quadruplets.
In making its decision, the state medical board said it was making a move to "protect the public."


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ASDA's monthly Wellness Challenges ask you to change your behavior in a way that will positively affect your wellness. Each challenge varies in length and activity, but the goal is the same: to get you paying more attention to your well-being and developing good wellness habits. Each challenge will target one (or more) of ASDA's five dimensions of wellness: emotional, physical, intellectual, occupational and environmental.
Each month, we'll preview a new challenge in Word of Mouth. You can sign on to the challenge on ASDA's Facebook page and play along with your fellow students. Choose your own start date, and then let us know if you successfully completed that month's challenge.
Study after study has shown that exposure to fresh air and green spaces has positive effects on both physical and emotional health. Spending time outdoors increases energy levels and serotonin production, lowers your anxiety, clears your lungs and improves digestion. Exposure to sunlight increase your body's production of vitamin D, which is necessary for strong bones and teeth.
Spring is here, and the world is turning green. It's the perfect time to get outdoors and enjoy the natural world around you. Choose 10 days this April and spend at least 30 minutes outside. Read a book, throw around a Frisbee or plan a hike in an area park. Join a few friends for lunch on the lawn and soak up some sun. You'll feel refreshed and rejuvenated, and sleep better at night. Nature is good for you – go spend some time with it.
Challenge 18 (April 2017)
Goal: Commune with nature
When: 10 days in April
Dimensions: Environmental
Next steps:
Maybe it feels like you won't get a full night's sleep again until after you graduate from dental school. But getting enough sleep is vital to your physical and emotional well-being. Healthy sleep can have a positive impact on your metabolism, memory, cognition, digestion and more. Lack of sleep makes you irritable, stressed and less able to focus.
You won't find more hours in the day, but you can do a few simple things that can make the sleep you get more restful. The March wellness challenge is to try a few of these and make them a daily habit.
Challenge 17 (March 2017)
Goal: Sweet Dreams
When: Month of March
Dimensions: Emotional, Physical
Did you know owning a pet can actually improve your health? They are stress-relieving, mood-boosting, disease-fighting bundles of fur, feathers or scales.
The benefits of owning a pet fall into every dimension of wellness. They get us outside, they get us moving, they comfort us and they keep us on our toes.
Since February is National Pet Dental Health Month, we're honoring the companion animals in our lives. This month's wellness challenge asks you to think about how pets impact your everyday wellness. Consider their effect on your physical, emotional and environmental wellness. Then, share examples of your pet's role in your wellness weekly throughout February. Post on Instagram or Facebook using #ASDApets and #BeWellASDA.
Don't have a pet? Connect with a local animal shelter or rescue and see if you can volunteer. Or talk to your leaders about a chapter activity with therapy animals.
Challenge 16 (February 2017)
Goal: Healthy Pet, Healthy You
When: Month of February
Dimensions: Emotional, Environmental, Physical
Getting a few extra minutes of sleep can be great, but not if you're sacrificing the time needed to eat a healthy breakfast.
Breakfast gives you the energy you need to get through your busy day. People who eat breakfast demonstrate better cognitive performance, concentration and even better test scores in math. The key is to eat the right balance of foods to improve both your mental performance and physical health. Combine carbohydrates, fiber and proteins to give yourself the best possible start.
Your challenge for January is to create a habit of sitting down for breakfast every day for a week. Grabbing a protein bar on your way out the door isn't enough. Breakfast should involve a glass of juice or milk, whole grains (like oatmeal or toast), fruit and proteins (like eggs or yogurt). It's also easy to buy healthy mix-ins like flax seeds, which provide a great fiber boost in your cereal or yogurt. Need some inspiration? Check out this infographic.
So start the year off right by starting each day off right. See how eating a good breakfast can make you healthier and more productive.
Challenge 15 (January 2017)
Goal: Start your day right
When: Seven consecutive days in January
Dimensions: Physical
In May, ASDA hosted its first-ever virtual Book Club. With the onset of winter break, we're bringing you the second iteration.
Studies show that reading can help reduce stress and relax your body, sometimes even quicker than listening to music or drinking or a cup of tea. Winter break is the perfect time to lighten up and read a book for fun.
In February 2017, ASDA will welcome Jeff Skiles as the Annual Session keynote speaker. Skiles was the co-pilot on U.S. Airways Flight 1549 that successfully completed an emergency landing in the Hudson River in 2009. To prepare for his speech, ASDA has chosen "Miracle on the Hudson" for December's virtual book club. This book tells the true story of that fateful January day from takeoff to rescue.
Grab a copy and read along. Find a friend at your chapter who's reading it and share the insights you discover along the way. Post a question or comment on ASDA's Facebook event and see what kind of discussion you can generate.
Challenge 14 (December 2016)
Goal: Read along with ASDA
When: month of December
Dimensions: Intellectual, emotional
Happy reading!
Sometimes, it's too easy to give in to the darkness in your mind. That voice in your head that whispers, "You're not good enough. Just give up. It's only going to get harder." Maybe you struggled unexpectedly on an exam or fought with your significant other. All of us have days when we succumb to pessimism. When we struggle to motivate ourselves and refuse to acknowledge what's going well in our lives.
Negative emotions, like anger or sadness, are necessary under certain circumstances. It's when we let them take over that our emotional and physical wellness can be affected.
One proven way to balance out negativity is to create a daily affirmation. Every day, write down one thing that you're grateful for or that went well. Robert Emmons, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of California Davis, writes, "This doesn't mean that life is perfect; it doesn't ignore complaints, burdens and hassles. But when we look at life as a whole, gratitude encourages us to identify some amount of goodness in our life."
This is your challenge for the month of November. Create a calendar and write down one thing that you're grateful for each day. The form your gratitude calendar takes is up to you: on paper or digital, a 30-day calendar or journal format. Make your gratitude calendar public, if you choose, by posting on social media every day with #ASDAgratitude and #BeWellASDA. Or keep it for private, but hold yourself accountable to write something each day. At the end of the month, you'll have 30 reminders of the goodness in your life.
Read more about emotional wellness and the health benefits of gratitude.
Challenge 13 (November 2016)
Goal: Thirty days of gratitude
When: month of November
Dimensions: Emotional
Exercising your brain is just as important as exercising your body. A great way to boost intellectual wellness is to play games, solve puzzles or tackle trivia questions. Puzzles, strategy games, and even some card and video games, have been shown to improve brain functions like memory, decision-making, planning and problem-solving.
And frankly, they're just fun to play.
Your challenge is to take at least two occasions to play games or trivia this month. Get a team together and find a trivia night at a local bar. Play board games with friends – but make sure to choose strategy games that require you to flex your creative thinking skills (the social aspect is another wellness booster!). You could even tackle the crossword puzzle or word jumble in the local or national paper. All of these will boost your mental dexterity and help support your intellectual curiosity and overall wellness.
Read more about intellectual wellness.
Challenge 12 (October 2016)
Goal: Pass Go – Collect 200 wellness points
When: month of October
Dimensions: Intellectual
It's time to lace up your gym shoes, charge your FitBit and start walking for wellness.
September is ASDA's Wellness Month, and one of the easiest things you can do for personal wellness is take a walk. Just 20-30 minutes of walking per day has been shown to improve blood pressure, help weight loss, reduce stress, strengthen your bones and joints, and reduce cancer risk. So your challenge this month is to add a 20- to 30-minute walk to your day and reap the health benefits.
Since it's Wellness Month, this challenge includes an added element: competition! The ASDA Step Out for Wellness Challenge will begin on Sept. 1 and continue all month. Chapters will compete against each other to see who can walk the most total steps in that time. Both the winning chapter and the individual ASDA member with the most steps walked will win prizes.
So connect with your chapter leaders and fellow ASDA members to take on this challenge. Walk to class or the coffee shop instead of driving. Meet up with friends to turn your walk into a chance to socialize. Make a special playlist of walking music to help motivate you. You'll feel better and surprise yourself with how easy it is to walk for wellness.
Read more about physical wellness and the Step Out challenge.
Challenge 11 (September 2016)
Goal: Step out for wellness
When: month of September
Most people think of a mentor as someone older, already established in the profession. But there's great value in peer mentoring too, particularly in dental school. No one knows better what you're dealing with than someone who's been there. Students with a year or two under their belt can empathize with incoming first years and the host of new pressures they face. Fourth years have seen it all and can offer advice and perspective.
That's why this month, your challenge is to reach out to a fellow dental student and find a way that you can offer support or advice. Whether you could use a mentor yourself or want to mentor someone else, you'll experience the benefits of learning from another person, developing communication skills and relating to someone who shares your goals.
The connections you make in dental school or at ASDA conferences will become your professional network once you're in the workforce. Those connections can turn into lifelong relationships, which are a significant factor in maintaining occupational wellness.
Read more about occupational wellness and the benefits of peer mentoring.
Challenge 10 (August 2016)
Goal: Try peer mentoring
When: month of August
Dimensions: Occupational
10 Things You Could Get Rid of Today (and Never Miss)3 Secret Weapons for a Clutter-Free Home6 Things to Eliminate From Your Closet Right Now
We've all read those articles. This month, we're actually going to do something about them.
It's human nature to acquire possessions and ascribe value and meaning to them. And yet, studies also show a strong correlation between materialism and low self-esteem. All that excess stuff can have a negative impact on your ability to focus or be productive. Physical clutter can overload your senses.
This month's wellness challenge urges you to reduce the amount of clutter in your home, the trunk of your car, your purse or even your inbox. In addition to the obvious, immediate benefits (less future cleaning, more room to move or a more visually appealing living space), you may find your happiness and peace of mind growing. You'll enjoy increased clarity in your work, your communications with others and your priorities.
Challenge 9 (July 2016)
Goal: Live better with less
When: month of July
Dimensions: Environmental , emotional
By Kerri Richardson, digital content coordinator
I can't rock climb.
It's not like I haven't tried. I have; I just can't rock climb.
I don't know if it's my inability to find the next hand or foothold or my lack of upper body strength, but I can't seem to make it more than two feet off the ground.
However, two feet is better than nothing. Two feet means I faced the challenge and tackled a new activity, even if unsuccessfully. This month's wellness challenge is about just that.
For June, the wellness challenge is to try a new physical activity for the first time. Physical activities are good for your body, mind and soul. Plus, there are a lot of added benefits to taking on something new. You might overcome a fear, flex your muscles, break up your old routines and just have fun.
So sign up for a new workout or dance class, or try out that new activity you've been meaning to try. Then share your feats (good or bad) on Instagram with #BeWellASDA.
Challenge 8 (June 2016)
Goal: Take on a new physical challenge
When: month of June
Challenge 7 (May 2016)
When: Month of May
Why: We all say it: "I don't have time to read for fun." Yet studies have shown that reading for 30 minutes a day increases self-satisfaction, self-esteem, empathy, and awareness of social issues and cultural diversity. Reading also reduces symptoms of depression and the impact of stress. Knowing all of that, how can we afford not to make time to read?
This month's wellness challenge urges you to pick up a book – for your own intellectual wellness, for greater understanding and empathy, and for better dinnertime conversation. We'll make it easy for you: ASDA has chosen "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" for our first virtual "book club." It's a riveting true story about the intersection of ethics, race, medicine and scientific discovery. Grab a copy and read along. Find a friend at your chapter who's reading it and share the insights you discover along the way. Post a question or comment on ASDA's Facebook event and see what kind of discussion you can generate. But most important of all, just make time to read.
Reconnect with a forgotten friendKim Kelly, senior publications manager, ASDA
My college roommate and I were inseparable. We had the same friends and most of the same classes. We would hang out in our dorm room, talking, laughing and listening to Elliot Smith.
When my dad suddenly passed away around spring break of our sophomore year, my roommate was there for me. It was a tough time in our relationship; living with someone who is grieving like that isn't easy. But she was understanding and relentlessly patient with me.
By the end of senior year, our lives started to diverge due to school workloads and serious relationships. Our personalities had changed a bit too. We never had a falling out, but there was some tension and things were never quite the same again. After college, we lost touch and went on with our lives.
It's been 10 years since we lived together, and I often think back on our friendship with a pang of guilt. Despite not speaking with or seeing each other in years, she sends me a message every year on the anniversary of my dad's death. This year—the 10th anniversary—she sent a card.
There are moments in our lives that bind us to someone. My college roommate is one of those people for me, and it's about time I reconnect with her. I want my husband to meet her to better understand what I was like in college. I want to tell her what I've been up to the past decade. I want to know what music she listens to now.
April's wellness challenge is all about reconnecting.Whether you lost touch with someone years ago or there's someone back home who hasn't heard from you in a month or two (e.g. when's the last time you called your grandma?). Reaching out to lost connections can repair relationships or provide closure. You may learn something new, go on an adventure or just make someone's day by rekindling a forgotten relationship.
Challenge 6 (April 2016)
Goal: Reconnect with a forgotten friend
When: Anytime in April
Challenge 5 (March 2016)
Goal: A breath of fresh air
When: 10 days of your choosing in March
Why: Studies have shown that exposure to nature has positive effects on both physical and emotional health. Spending time outdoors boosts your feeling of vitality, increases energy levels and strengthens your immune system. Exposure to sunlight increase your body's production of vitamin D and releases endorphins into your bloodstream. In his book, "The Yosemite," naturalist John Muir wrote, "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike."
With the approach of spring, it's time to get outdoors and enjoy the natural world around you. On any 10 days in March, spend 30 minutes outside. Read a book outside, enjoy a picnic lunch, throw around a Frisbee or plan a longer hike in an area park. Weather permitting, you could hold a committee meeting or book club session outside. You'll feel refreshed and rejuvenated, and possibly even sleep better at night. Let the green spaces around you give strength to your body and soul.
Next steps: RSVP to the challenge on ASDA's Facebook.
Challenge 4 (February 2016)
Goal: Seven days of home cooking
When: Seven consecutive days in February
Why: It's no surprise that meals we cook at home are better balanced nutritionally and better for us in the long run than fast food or take-out. They usually involve fresher ingredients, lower fat and sodium. Knowing all of this, why don't many of us cook at home more often? As Digital Content Coordinator Kerri Richardson explains in her blog post, "Nowadays, we'd rather order food from Grubhub than make something ourselves. Our rationalization? Saves time. But does it?... ASDA's February Wellness Challenge encourages you to face this predicament head-on. Eat only home-cooked meals for seven days. I completed the challenge for this blog post and it was extremely difficult, but rewarding."
Next steps: RSVP to the challenge on ASDA's Facebook. Share your challenge images on social media using #BeWellASDA.
Challenge 3 (January 2016)
Goal: Take a posture break
When: 14 consecutive days of your choosing in January
Dimensions: Occupational, physical
Why: Maintaining a hunched-over and tilted upper-body position for hours a day puts a lot of demand on the body's muscles. Kathryn Dickmann, Detroit-Mercy '17, wrote in a Mouthing Off post, "When the head, neck and trunk are tilted to one side, as often done while working, the muscles in use on one side become shorter and stronger and the other side becomes lengthened and weakened. The overall effect is muscle imbalance with the shortened muscles getting poorer blood supply, too. The unequal tension on the spine can cause some serious pain."
It's time to get proactive about your posture and stave off that serious pain with some simply daily stretches. Refer to the chart of posture break stretches in the blog post and commit to incorporating them into your routine for 14 days straight. Who knows? By day 15 you may have created a daily habit.
By Kasia Chalko, ASDA marketing manager
I'll never forget the word "lapilli."
Years ago, I went to a special exhibit on Pompeii at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. My friends and I spent hours exploring recovered artifacts and mummified bodies, learning the history of that day when Mount Vesuvius buried three Italian towns in volcanic ash. The word lapilli – a type of dense, stony, volcanic residue – showed up on nearly every exhibition placard. I haven't forgotten it 10 years later.
That exhibition was more memorable to me, an experiential learner, than anything I had ever studied about Pompeii in any classroom. And though I didn't realize it at the time, it was an exercise in boosting intellectual wellness.
Intellectual wellness improves when we engage in creative and mentally stimulating activities. It relies on nurturing curiosity and lifelong learning. It supports what you learn in the classroom every day, helps you think more critically and be open to new experiences.
Which brings us to the wellness challenge for December:
Challenge 2 (December 2015)
Goal: Take a field trip of cultural exploration
When: Any day in December
Why: When you improve your intellectual wellness, it helps you to think more critically, be open to new ideas and experiences and enriches your life in unexpected ways.
Next steps: RSVP to the challenge on ASDA's Facebook. Then, pick a day in December, and head to a museum, gallery or cultural institution of your choice. Whether it's archeological finds, Dutch Renaissance art, robotics or medical discoveries, there's an exhibit out there that will captivate your intellectual curiosity. Snap a photo of yourself with something new and memorable and share it in the Facebook event page or on Instagram (tag @dentalstudents and use #BeWellASDA).
Get out there, find something that's new to you and flex your intellectual curiosity.
Challenge 1 (November 2015)
Goal: Go dark for 24 hours
When: A 24-hour period of your choosing in November
Dimensions: Emotional, environmental
Why: As Publications Manager Kim Kelly explains in her blog post, "My iPhone used to be useful, but now it's making me feel disconnected and out of touch… For 24 hours I am going to turn off my phone, my TV and my computer. I'm going to be more present at every point of my day and focus on what's in front of me instead of what's on a screen."
Next steps: RSVP to the challenge on ASDA's Facebook. Then, pick a 24-hour period in November, and turn off all your tech: phone, TV, laptop, tablet. Live for 24 hours without those distractions and open yourself up to the people and occurrences going on around you.
It's just 24 hours. See you on the other side.
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How can I access data through the REST interface witout username and password?
Android and iPhone devices connect to Switch King through it's REST services. When Switch King is installed, the REST service is configured to require username and password.
In some situations, it might be necessary to allow access from the local network without requiring username and password.
This article shows you how to enable anonymous connections for REST services.
Please note:
This guide is not applicable in Linux environment due to a limitation in the current version of the Mono framework.
When Switch King is installed, the REST services are configured to use port 8800. Your devices, data sources and other Switch King settings are protected by the username and password configured in the Windows client.
In some situations, it might be necessary to give access to the REST services without requiring authentication. An example of this might be that you have internal services that needs to send data to Switch King but cannot be configured to authenticate.
By modifying Switch King Server's configuration file, REST services can be enabled on another port where authentication is not required.
Please note that REST services that allows anonymous connections should NOT be exposed to the Internet. If you modify the configuration file as show below, and a new port is added, you shouldn't open your router to allow traffic from the Internet through this port.
Replace Switch King's configuration file with the configuration file attached to this guide. Restart the Switch King's services. The result is that Switch King will expose it's REST services on both port 8800 (which can be used to access the system from the Internet) and port 10000 (which should only be used from your LAN).