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LA GALAXY INSIDER "Herediano recently underwent a coaching change. How has the team changed? What info can you provide on the new coach?"
AGUERO: "Since the coaching change, Heredia has become more offensive, they changed the game strategy to 4-4-2 and cut off the double 5. The trainer, Marvin Solano likes to have the possession of the ball in every minute of the game."
LAGI: "Which Herediano players should Galaxy fans be aware of?
AGUERO: "Yendrick Ruiz is the main scorer of the team, and on the Costa Rica league, he has scored six times [this season], he is a very talented player and really fast, he likes to play on the outside. Meanwhile, Ismael Gomez and Elias Aguilar create the game in the midfield, Gomez is a lefty and his specialty is set pieces, he is actually the most important weapon with Heredia [on set pieces]. Aguilar in the other side is very good with shots from outside the area and he has a great vision of game— both are very good with physical game."
LAGI: "What is the perception of the Galaxy in Costa Rica?"
AGUERO: "The Galaxy is the team who has many followers in Costa Rica, the quality of the players is something to admire, also the Galaxy is the MLS Cup Champion at the moment and they have a lot of respect for them."
LAGI: "How important is the Champions League to this team and teams in the Costa Rican league?"
AGUERO: "The tournament is very important to the team in terms of international prestige, Costa Rican teams look forward to play this tournament and want win it—even though it's really hard due to the level of opponents."
LAGI: "How important was it for Herediano to defeat Real Salt Lake in the group stage?"
AGUERO: "It was very important because they are aware they can compete with the MLS teams knowing they have more facilities and the game level is higher."
LAGI: "Will there be a lot of focus paid on LA midfielder Marcelo Sarvas, who scored a game winner against Herediano in a cup final?"
AGUERO: "Yes, Sarvas scored in the [Invierno] final, and many [Herediano fans] claim that goal was offside, so he is not very accepted among Heredia fans."
LAGI: "Can you talk about the Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium? What are the conditions like and what is the fan support like? Should a sell-out be expected?"
AGUERO: "Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium is actually very small, but there are some areas on the stadium that doesn't have fences, so the Heredia fans can be feel really close and they are very intense and passionate for their team."
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as far as the poop goes, my bet is it's due to the formula. Even 5 ounces a day could make a difference...I mean, that is about 20% of your baby's total intake, right? It's going to have an effect.
If your baby is peeing normaly, shows no signs of illness, and not having any other signs of dehydration, that is most likely what it is. Formula does some funky things to poop and can cause constipation.
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I'm sure a lot of people suffer through the annoying time dealing with the ridiculous Windows Vista "User Account Control" also known as the 'ask before you do anything' boxes that pop up when you pretty much try to do anything with Vista. Today I'll be walking you through how to turn off that annoying popup so that you can get back to doing something more productive. Windows UAC was developed to stop programs from executing without your knowledge as a safety and security feature that is actually quite effective, but while produced with noble intentions Microsoft created a monster that was unfit for a Mary Shelley novel as the overbearing UAC prompts you multiple times to open a program or if that program in turn opens another program. Myself being someone who's on the computer a lot I really couldn't deal with it so I turned it off pretty much right away. The problem with this is that when I started Windows up again my boot up was noticeably (45 seconds – 1 minute) longer. Searching through the internet I found that some people experience this after turning UAC off and it can be remedied by turning off the driver that enables its function (LUAFV) today we'll walk through turning off both of these features as to maximize your performance and minimize the strife. This is rated at a 2.0 because there is a possibility while editing the single registry value that you need to edit that you will somehow mysteriously and magically corrupt your computer. It's a long shot but if you don't know anything about computers I wouldn't recommend trying at least the driver part, you should be fine with disabling UAC. This entire process should take less than five minutes and WILL make your computer less secure. You have been warned.
First things first open your start menu and click on control panel, when your control panel menu comes up click the search box and type "UAC" or "User Account Control". Hit search and the option under "User accounts" should read "Turn User Account Control on or Off" Click this option and then in the next screen uncheck the box that says "Use User Account Control" and then hit OK. You'll be prompted for a restart and if you don't plan on changing the registry value then you should. If you're sticking around to turn off LUAFV then see the paragraph below.
Disabling LUAFV requires only one value change in the registry and can be done in less than a minute. First open your start menu and click on the search tab in the bottom in that box type "Command Prompt" and the command prompt shortcut will popup. Click the shortcut and type "regedit" there will be things preceding this (a directory) but it doesn't matter. The registry editor will come up and you simply navigate through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/luafv. Once you get into this directory open the "Start" value and change it to 4 this disables the loading of LUAFV and should reduce boot time by around 30 seconds. I hope this helps!


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The price of oil fell to near $106 a barrel Wednesday as traders responded cautiously to data showing that a stubborn recession in the 17-nation eurozone has ended.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for September delivery was down 60 cents to $106.23 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 72 cents to close at $106.83 on Tuesday.
The European Union countries that use the euro saw their collective economic output grow by 0.3 percent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter, according to data released Wednesday. That's the first quarterly growth since the eurozone slipped into recession at the end of 2011. But the result came largely on the back of improving conditions in Germany and France, which had already escaped the most grueling effects of the recession.
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A relatively stronger dollar also worked against oil prices. Oil is traded in dollars and becomes a less attractive investment for holders of other currencies when the value of the greenback rises. The euro was down to $1.3243 on Wednesday from $1.3260 late Tuesday in New York.
In recent days, the dollar has posted gains against the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc, and the currencies of commodity-driven countries including Australia and Canada. That could partly explain the falling price of oil in the face of the brighter economic data from Europe and the U.S.
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(A) Mary Kay PRODUCTS; (B) The Mary Kay marketing APPROACH to retail consumers; (C) The Mary Kay RECRUITING process "Independent Beauty Consultant"; (D) The many DISAPPOINTMENTS and PITFALLS of a Mary Kay consultant; with approx. 1.5 million Mary Kay consultants worldwide, most ladies in the U.S. will come in contact with a Mary Kay consultant and Mary Kay products sooner or later.
It can be very helpful to be informed about the facts of the Mary Kay MLM marketing system before you accept a "Free Facial" or attend a "Free Spa Event" or if you're approached by a Mary Kay consultant about becoming an "Independent Beauty Consultant" with Mary Kay regarding the Mary Kay business opportunity.
(A) Mary Kay PRODUCTS: Pros- at first let us say that based on personal experience and research it's a fact that Mary Kay products for the most part are actually very good quality products. Some MK skin care products are very helpful and are often superior to products from competitors, especially for individuals with sensitive skin. True, some individuals may be allergic to this or the MK product and in such a case the product can be returned to the MK consultant for a full refund. Mary Kay also offers a very nice and extensive line of cosmetics products.
Cons with some positives- Mary Kay products are officially only available through the so-called "Independent Beauty Consultants" of Mary Kay. Therefore MK products are not available in stores. This can create a problem for some customers as they are dependent on a particular MK consultant to supply them with product.
For convenience sake, orders can also be placed via each MK consultant's MK website or by calling the consultant. While new MK consultants may not have the requested products in stock, most established MK consultants will have most frequently requested products in stock. MK consultants offer a personal service with the possibility of returning items in case of skin allergies, etc.
Warning: Mary Kay products are also often sold by unauthorized resellers on auction sites like e. g. eBay and other websites. In general it's difficult to trust such unauthorized resellers regarding product quality because such items could be dated and the buyer can't find out where the product really originated, and also such purchases from auction sites cannot be returned for a refund. So, if you do buy Mary Kay products its best purchase such directly from a truly authorized Mary Kay "Independent Beauty Consultant."
(B) The Mary Kay marketing APPROACH to retail consumers: As described above, Mary Kay sells their products through their extensive network of independent Mary Kay Beauty consultants. Such consultants may use various marketing approaches from little classified ads to postcards and personal invitations to a "Free Facial" or a "Free Spa Event" etc. to get in touch with new customers. Often a Mary Kay party is conducted in a home and a friend may invite you to such an event. Such an event can be fun, but you need to be aware of the purpose and the true intentions behind e. g. a Mary Kay party at a friend's house.
(1) The friend who invited you to her house for the MK party will usually receive a small Hostess gift from the Independent Beauty Consultant who conducts the party. Such parties can last from 1-3 hours depending on the products introduced and how the event is conducted.
(2) Free? Yes, you're invited to try out products at such parties for free in hopes that you will purchase this or that item and that you will become a faithful customer of these products. As mentioned above, most Mary Kay products are really good quality products and are fairly priced and in many cases MK products are even priced below comparative products from competitors. Sure, in many large retail stores you can find a whole array of skin care and cosmetics products from popular name brands at perhaps lower prices, but often the quality won't compare and if it does the prices are pretty much the same or even higher priced than MK products.
(3) While psychologically people feel obligated to purchase something at a MK party, there's never any obligation to purchase anything at such events. Many MK consultants put a lot of effort into these parties and it is rude to cancel shortly before the event or to be a no-show. Most MK consultants are hard-working ladies and they really put a lot of effort into their presentations and in acquiring new clients. So, there might be some pressure to purchase something at such a MK party at your friend's home.
(4) But there's much more to the MK party system than what meets the eye in the beginning. The real intention for most MK consultants is that they want really recruit so-called "Team members." This is what the whole Mary Kay marketing approach is, that the more people who sell MK products the more products the company will sell. We'll discuss the MK recruiting process next, but to give you the basic idea, the Mary Kay marketing systems is nothing less than a MLM (Multi-Level-Marketing) system as MK consultants will only advance to the next level of directorship, etc. if they have a certain number of recruits and a certain amount of sales over a certain period of time.
(C) The Mary Kay RECRUITING process "Independent Beauty Consultant": (1) As mentioned above, most ladies will be first invited to attend a MK party at a friend's home... maybe it's called a "Free Facial" or a "Free Spa Event." The hope is that some guests will become interested in the products and in a sense also to find new friends.
(2) The second step is that MK consultants may find out a bit more about the guests at the MK parties including about their jobs, lifestyle, etc. The purpose for this is to evaluate if one or the other lady could become a potential "Team member." So while at the MK party products are sold and the MK consultant can generate a nice income at such parties if enough products are sold, the next step is to find new potential team members... new recruits.
(3) After potential team members are identified the MK consultant will schedule a phone interview. Usually, the MK consultant will say that she just wants to practice her phone skills or if she (the potential team member) would be available for a no-strings attached practice phone interview. The fact is that the MK consultant's team director will conduct the conference call. In this phone call the local MK director will explain all the benefits of becoming an "Independent Beauty Consultant" especially that the new team member will receive 50% off of the retail price of all Mary Kay products... and that's usually the hook.
But in this phone call the director will also explain also the "great" potential in selling Mary Kay by conducting such MK home parties and that MK consultants can earn a "free" car, etc. The initial suggestion is that the new team member will get at least the huge 50% discount on her purchases and that she will be able to supplement her income rather easily by conducting MK home parties, and perhaps also Win or rather "earn" a free car after some time.
It depends on the particular MK director how much pressure is applied. After the phone call, the MK consultant and the MK director will discuss the score of the conference call regarding the actual potential of the new possible team member and evaluate how they can recruit her specifically.
(4) Another approach is the invitation to the local MK center for the weekly team member meetings which we consider to be a type of hyped up cheer parties. Such weekly meetings, usually in a rented retail space or office space, are here to motivate the MK consultants, as well as to bring new potential team members there to finalize the deal to have them recruited, as well as to sell product to those who are potential new customers, etc. While the guests will usually not have to pay anything, most local MK "centers" will charge like e. g. $5 or so to cover rent, etc. for each weekly meeting.
(5) The conversion rate of potential team members to actual team members depends on the sales techniques applied by the local director and consultant. The starter kit is currently only $100 and is actually worth a lot more in retail value as it consists of products and product samples as well as some presentation material and a nice bag. The hook in the beginning is always that it's a business that can be started for only $100.
(6) It costs only $100 to start a MK business? Yeah right. The fact is that right after sign-up and the purchase of the starter kit and perhaps after the first arranged house party, the new MK consultant is quickly confronted with the fact that she perhaps should stock an inventory of certain products in order to serve her new customers at parties. Of course, the established MK consultant or MK director will have already a pre-packaged suggestion list of products for the new consultant's first inventory order. This suggested order or inventory package will run usually approx. $2,700 to $5,000 or even more.
The new recruit will be told that there's no risk to the order as at any time the products can be returned to Mary Kay for a full refund at any time. What they often don't tell you, if you return product and give up your MK consultant opportunity, you can't become a MK consultant ever again or you may have to wait 10 years or so to get started again.
As a result once MK consultants are informed about that fact down the road, it is already too late and they've purchased their initial inventory for thousands of dollars. If MK consultants decide to quit, then they often won't return their unsold inventory, but instead they will keep it so that they have the option of restarting their MK business sooner or later again. Some may rather sell their MK inventory on eBay or other such sites instead of returning it to Mary Kay.
(7) Once a lady is sucked into the Mary Kay marketing system and she has signed up and has ordered her inventory, etc. the promise of a "free" car is constantly put in front of her, as well as the potential to win "free" cruises, "free" jewelry and lots of other rewards. Also, there are so-called "Career Conferences" and the annual MK conference in Dallas, TX who every MK consultant should attend. These seminars, conferences, etc. will cost many hundreds of dollars and perhaps even over a $1,000 annually which many MK consultants see as necessary to attend.
Of course the promise of becoming a director to those who work hard will also always be presented to them. And also the biggest reward of becoming a "National" will always be put in front of MK consultants in order to keep them motivated week after week. A "National" can earn currently approx. $600,000 a year and after a certain time will receive a nice "pension" and of course can choose to have the top of the line Cadillac's (those are usually silver with a shot of pink metallic in it, but are a more attractive color today than once a long time ago when they were candy pink).
The problem is that there are supposedly only approx. 100 "Nationals" out of 1.5 million MK consultants, meaning the chance of becoming a "National" is extremely slim (only 100th of 1%) just like the chance to be at the very top of any organization/company is always very slim. But that potential of becoming a "National" is always put in front of MK consultants with the various stories and/or accounts of how the famous "Nationals" became what are.
(8) Failures are looked down upon if discussed at all. Sadly, along the way the failures of many MK consultants and even MK directors are rarely ever discussed and when such failures or former consultants or directors are discussed, there's always an excuse and the blame is usually put on that failed consultant or director and/or their husband/family, etc... It's always their fault. So there's no objectivity as what caused the failure of this or that consultant and/or director and therefore new MK consultants don't learn about the many pitfalls and hurdles of a career as a MK consultant.
(D) The many DISAPPOINTMENTS and PITFALLS of a Mary Kay consultant: With the great potential of making a good living for a relatively small number of MK consultants, there are also many dangers of disappointments and pitfalls for Mary Kay consultants about which not much is said at MK meetings and of which many new potential recruits are not aware of.
(1) The first disappointing issue could arise from the step-by-step "revelation" process of how the Mary Kay marketing machine really work or the revealing on a "need-to-know" basis when becoming more and more involved with Mary Kay.
Meaning first you're at a MK party at your friend's house to have a "Free" event with some pressure buy products, then the lure to be recruited as a MK consultant, then that it's not only $100 to start as MK consultant once signed up and started but that an inventory will cost several thousands of dollars, then the constant dependency of attending meetings and the need (in order to be successful) to be constantly on the phone with the local director to talk often for many hours every week with that director.
(2) The potential danger of not being able to sell the acquired inventory, although it can always be returned for full refund to Mary Kay Inc. But often failed MK consultants that thought that the MK business affords only a few hours of work a week, have thousands and thousands of dollars worth of product in their basement/garage and only have the option of facing the reality to give up their MK business. A true MK consultant will need to work at least 40 hours a week to just make a somewhat decent living, but it ain't easy considering all the work that is involved in the process of becoming successful.
There's also enormous stress/pressure to succeed as the local team director will only keep her car when her team members perform and generate appropriate sales. We've seen team directors that received their Cadillac only to have it taken away from them after a while as their total team sales slumped. Then the pressure starts again to achieve the "free" car and so on.
So, although it is said that when giving up the Mary Kay business a consultant can return her inventory for a full refund, the reality is that there's a huge financial risk involved in doing the MK business in the right way. We've seen consultants who in the process of having their MK business ran up their credit cards to tens of thousands of dollars for inventory purchases, all kinds of marketing efforts, establishing a home office, distribution of free product samples and catalogs, etc. (which MK consultant need to buy), and to attend MK meetings, seminars, etc., etc.
(3) The third category can be a huge human toll and stress on a marriage and the family. Mary Kay directors even offer seminars, etc. for MK consultant's husbands so that they can support their wife in their new business and perhaps even become involved. MK consultants will often blame their failure in the MK business in not getting proper support from their husband. The idea is that the whole family should support mom in her MK business by distributing business cards and looking out for potential team members, etc., etc.
It becomes a lifestyle as everything Mary Kay becomes the life of a MK consultant instead of the MK opportunity to be used as a source of income to live the life many wish for. So the whole thing can become a huge drag on relationships and may often result in alienation between spouses. The weekly team member meetings (who are often cheer parties and mutual society appreciation meetings) together with the frequent phone calls between MK consultant and her MK director produce a type of almost cultic co-dependency that can be very harmful.
The numbers speak for themselves. How many of the approx. 1.5 million MK consultants are really successful to some extent and how many earn their "free" car and how many are even able to make a somewhat decent living from their MK business? The reality is not many. Most MK consultants only make a few hundred bucks a year for a lot of work and a lot of effort.
Bottom line: it's only worth to get involved in the MK business opportunity for certain types of outgoing people who as usual are at the right place at the right time. Yes it's possible to succeed in the MK business but often at a huge cost and the price is often not worth it, and the MK business most certainly is not a walk in the park. Only a very few will be truly successful in the Mary Kay MLM marketing system just like in any other MLM business.
Unless you're single and you want to work at least 40 hours a week and you're determined to make this career a success, the MK marketing career may not be for you as the pursuit of success in the MK business will often put tremendous pressure on your marriage and family.
The best thing is to pick your favorite MK products and just buy them from your authorized Mary Kay consultant and for most ladies it may not be recommended to engage in any "MK opportunity" discussions as the MK marketing systems works like a vacuum as ladies are sucked deeper and deeper into the involvement step-by-step, and at least you should be prepared about what you can expect if you do proceed with the MK opportunity.
Getting involved in the MK business opportunity may truly change your life, but in most cases not for the better, instead lots of heartaches and various difficulties may arise and alter your life over time dramatically. We consider the Mary Kay MLM marketing system to work similar to a religious cult and many marketing techniques that are found among Mary Kay consultants and directors seem to be somewhat deceptive to say the least.
Much more could be said about Mary Kay, especially the "MK opportunity" and books could be written about it, but we hope that the above provides a bit of an overview what to expect when confronted with Mary Kay as a retailer customer and/or as a potential new Mary Kay consultant.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA -- I had a friend that sold Mary Kay! I got her 50% discount which was GREAT at times when I needed something. (Which was not very often) twice to be exact... But she kept asking me If I would sell under her and I said NO NO NO NO many times! When asked why I told her straight out that with 3 kids all in activities that I was way to busy. Then without my knowledge she and her director called me... Yeah was that a joke! But they told me how I could get the discount myself and take out the "middle man".
I asked pretty much all the questions about selling... How much to start? What is in the starter kit? How much do you need to spend to get the discount? etc... Well I was told that it was a 100 dollars to get the kit and it was worth much much more... I did not have to sell to anyone. I could get all my stuff 50% off WHENEVER I needed it, just by buying the kit and signing up.
Then when asked about having to spend so much $ a month or every so often to get my discount, I was told NOTHING... They said you just order what you want when you want... Sounded great until I was told after, that you DO NEED to spend so much MONEY to get the discount!!! Yeah that would be the catch!!! I was so disappointed in the director and my friend that me and my friend of 15 years are no longer friends cause she knew the rules of this pyramid scam and did not tell me the truth!
I was also told many times from my friend that if you don't like it you can just send the starter kit back and get a refund! So I contacted the company and WOW was the lady RUDE and very full of ATTITUDE! I was very nice and told them that I wanted to send the starter kit back and get my money back and she asked if anything had been used and I said just a little cause my director told me to give samples to a few friends to have them try it, so I did. But most everything was unopened and unused! NO NO NO I could not get my money back cause I gave a few samples!
Then the lady sat there telling me that I knew what was expected of me when I started and I said NO THEY LIED! Well that got me NOWHERE! SO I WILL let EVERYBODY know how "great" their customer service is! And how they LIE LIE LIE to get you to sell! Because remember the more you sell the more money it is for whoever signed you on and their director! REMEMBER IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE-- IT IS! I will never buy anything from Mary Kay ever again! And I will let my friends and family what a EXPENSIVE joke it is! Just remember anyone who sells to you, if you pay full price they are taking 50% of your money and putting it in there pocket!!!
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO -- First of all, I bought $238 in Mary Kay products, and I was treated worse than I was never before. This consultant, named **, sold me the products. I trusted her because I really didn't understand almost anything about make up, and she seemed so convincing because she said she has worked at Mary Kay for 25 years. That was when everything started.
She sold me the wrong color, darker than my skin color. The wrong formula and she didn't even want to bring me the right ones. She wanted me to work with her schedule. She said she was too busy to help me, and if I wanted something I should go to her house which was in another city far away from mine. But that was what I didn't understand, because she was always here for business and she could not stop by for a minute to give me the products. And the worse is that she was treating me like an employee.
She was rude and abusive. She would demand things from me as I was obligated to do. Just to clarify I'm not a Mary Kay employee, I'm the client, and I wasn't treated as one. She was awful to me. I ended up getting upset about the way I was being treated and decided to give everything back, and get my money back too, but she refused to bring me my money, and wanted me to first send her the products and then she would give me my money.
She even told me she would put me in the small claims, and for what? Because I wanted to be treated as a client and wanted the right products. She blamed me for her mistakes. I'm so frustrated. Having met this woman was the worse I have ever done in my life.
ALLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- Hello. My name is Stephanie and I work at a hotel near the Cape. The other day I was approached by a girl who said "I'm so sorry, this might seem a little forward, but I really need a model for a Mary Kay make-up presentation this Sunday, would you be interested?" Of course I said yes, totally flattered. She said if I wanted to bring friends along I was welcome to do so. I was so excited I told my family and friends, and even invited a few of my friends along, thinking innocently, that I was going to be a "model" for a make up presentation, like the girl had said.
First of all, the location was WAY out of the way, by over an hour and a half. We got lost but ended up getting there 15 minutes late. I was nervous that I had messed up their schedule and that there were lots of people waiting on me, as the "model" for the day. I walked into the room, and was immediately mortified and embarrassed. It was immediately apparent that not only was I not the "model", but I had been duped into a Mary Kay party with 3 strangers.
I was SO embarrassed, because I brought friends along and they thought they were just going to sit back and watch someone put make up on me, LIKE I WAS TOLD. I just wanted to run and hide. I was tricked, and of course was pressured into buying something at the end of the party. If I was told I was going to a Mary Kay party, I would not have gone. She told me I was to be a model instead, lying to me. I was SO upset. I will NEVER buy Mary Kay because of the conniving ways of this Mary Kay beauty consultant.
I won a Mary Kay makeover party from Oktoberfest and was pretty excited about. However the representative that hosted the party really didn't and still doesn't have it together. I had to send out the invitations which they normally do this. I had to be the one to contact her to confirm that the party was still going to happen she did not contact me. Then once the party was over I order almost $100 worth of products from and was told that she would have to ship them to me because she did not have them with her. I was a little annoyed that she had come to the party unprepared and had a month to plan for it.
Then it took almost two months to get the items that I ordered. During the time that I waited for the product I had no communication with her I emailed and emailed with no response. It was not until a month went by and I emailed her to get my money that she responded and she never even apologized for not informing me as to what was going on. She simple told me either she could send out the product or refund a fraction of my money. So of course I would have to wait for the product or I would lose out on money.
So finally two weeks after this the product arrived I emailed her to inform her that she sent me the wrong color for one of my items that was about a week ago and still have not received a response for her. I will never EVER order anything else from Mary Kay. Not to mention that one pf the guest from my party set up a party with her the party was supposed to be this past weekend but the representative never called to confirm or cancel the party but she never showed up.
BEWARE!!! Even though I love Mary Kay products, selling it is a whole another story. I started to sell Mary Kay about a year and half ago. WRONG. You have to pay out the buy to make any money. I maxed out two credit cards to buy stock but I'm not a people person. I get shy when it comes to that. With Mary Kay you either have to have a lot of money to spend to start up the business or no work and do it full time or both. But luckily I was able to sell my products back to the company and get about $5000.00 back for my stock and be done for good.
One of the mother's at my son's school asked me buy from her so I did in good faith. The products are crap and did nothing but break my face out. I ordered lipstick, press powder and blemish control, and she threw in a few other things along with a large invoice. I returned the unused items and kept the ones I ordered. She didn't give me a new invoice but asked me for the money at a child's birthday party and had me make check out to her.
She charged me $55.00 for items that cost $42.00. I've been requesting a new invoice and the money she overcharged me. She has ignored my emails for the past two months. Unbelievable. How can Mary Kay support this type of business? I will never buy from her or Mary Kay again.
Mary Kay promises to be a honest and true company however its representatives surely don't honor that. After contacting [snip] several times after I ordered over $100 dollars, she soon started to ignore my calls and emails. I clearly stated to her that she should either pay me back or send me the product. It would be the right thing to do. Altogether, it's very sad that a person such as she has claimed to have such a wonderful success story but has now retreated into stealing money from others while cutting off all contact. She has clearly shown that she has become a con-artist for Mary Kay and is a disgrace to its name.
MORROW, GEORGIA -- This related to my other review for David's Bridal. In short, we were duped into a Mary Kay party by DB saying we'd won a spa day. Against our better judgment, we stuck around for the party even after we knew what we were in for. The women were so incredibly rude. The lead woman in particular was the worst. She was all up on her soapbox about how great it was that she sold Mary Kay because she could be a stay at home mom. Another said her kids were in the "accelerated" program at school because Mary Kay allowed her to raise her kids herself. This was incredibly offensive to me and I don't even have kids. It was doubly so for my friend's mom who was a working mom.
This woman would also not stop touching me. Every time she got near our table, she would grab my shoulder. It took everything I had not to swat her hand and tell her to back off. Unless I ask you to touch me, hands off. I did my best to be polite during our "independent consultation", but I know my displeasure with the situation came across. Avoid the Mary Kay consultants at the Pink Cadillac Success Studio in Morrow, GA. They're awful! If you really want to buy Mary Kay, I'm sure you can find a friend of a friend who won't insult you with every word that comes out of their mouth.


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And human beings are hardwired to respond much more strongly to threatening/negative stimuli than to reassuring/positive incoming data. That's a good thing, it prevents us from being distracted by the lovely flowers when a bear is approaching, but as a retired psychotherapist I'm especially acutely aware of distortion that accrues when limbic system alarms go off (and tangle with memory etc., as you point out) in more ambiguous situations. It also seems obvious to remember that the threat to growers, distributers and much larger governing interests in all of this will trigger conflicting and emotionally charged distortions, too - it's not necessarily dishonest on either end, just a matter of reflexive information selection.JBaymore wrote:Trigga,
I spent this summer in Japan making pottery and doing some museum research. Returned about 3 weeks ago. I am there just about every year. I was there in 2011 right after the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns also. In fact twice in 2011. Deliberately went thru Sendai and into the Tohoku region.
If you are there... you know that the press there is covering the situation at Fukushima at a pretty high level. Much more than we get here in the States (since I have returned home). Stuff we are just hearing about now in our media here I saw months ago in Japan. Things that were said would not likely work in the Japanese press or that were really bad ..... the local press is NOT yet saying.
That being said...........
I can think of no country in the world (except maybe Russia...with Cherynoble) where the populace would be more "sensitive" to issues of radiation. They are the only nation that has had nuclear bombs used in warfare on their territory. So I would imagine that there is a "collective gestalt" about the potential dangers of radiation that kind of absorbed as one grows up in that culture. Likely that fear is a bit "larger than life".
So how do you "weigh" the accuracy of the concerns of those people you are meeting? Are they scientists, or laypeople? What information are they basing their fears upon? It is human nature to say things like, "It is really bad over there but things are fine here." It makes you feel better about your situation.
I've seen conflicting information out of many different sources there in Japan. Since in 2011 as a college professor I was responsible for taking college students to Japan, I spent a LOT of time researching the science behind radiation exposure and such. I teach technical ceramics, so I have a bit of a "Tech Weenie" side to me.
The upshot of that information (and I still watch what I can since I go there so often) said that for the most part, other than very close in to Fukushima Daichi, and other than for long term exposures (living there), it is not all that bad. I personally wouldn't eat stuff grown in Fukushima-ken or some of the immediate close downwind locations, and I certainly would not eat seafood from that section of the coast.
And if teas have been tested....... and show level below the current regulation point..... I wouldn't really worry too much about that either. I brought some Shizuoka tea home with me.
I am NOT in any way downplaying the mess at Fukushima at ALL. It is a disaster that we have not yet figured out HOW to contain. It is not a Japanese problem... it is everyone's problem....... becasue there are such reactors everywhere. It CAN happen here. I personally think the freezing the ground approach is a pie in the sky approach... and expect it to take longer than planned and not work as planned. Then they'll be on to "Plan Q".
People get hysterical when the word "radiation" comes up. Some of that fear is warranted..... but most is not based in facts or science.
I'm no expert in any of this though I do touch in on related news, blogs, etc. Given the fairly frequent flow of "new disclosures" from the site, relevant to tea or not, I only would say that vendors who continue to privately test and publish verifiable results despite higher government standards (also controversial because of new testing methodology, as I understand it) would reassure buyers in the most direct and immediate way. Is that testing an expensive or terribly time consuming process? Why not just make that a standard procedure until people, in Japan and elsewhere, are no longer anxious about the issue, irritatingly reactive as they might seem?


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One island couple was keeping a close watch on hurricane Katrina as she made her way across the Gulf towards landfall.
Bud and Norma Walsh's son, Richard, is living in Hattiesburg, Miss., about an hour drive north of New Orleans. He works as the club pro at the Timberton Golf Course owned by former Jamestowner Ron Hickman Jr.
Bud said the course lost 800 trees and his son lost all the trees around his house which is located on the golf course property. They have no water or electricity.
Last weekend, the golf course crew was working to clear at least nine holes so they can get open again.
During the storm Richard and his wife, Betsy, huddled together in the laundry room. "He told me that it was awful and that he never wanted to go through that again. He said the noise was unbelievable," Bud related. "But, no one was hurt."
You have to wonder where Donna Gavin finds the time to memorize lines and attend rehearsals. Yet, when the curtain goes up tomorrow night for the CBC Players presentation of "Enchanted April," there she'll be as Lady Caroline Bramble.
When we caught up with her on Sunday morning, she was returning home from 16-year-old daughter Chelsea's tennis lesson in Newport, and then she was off again to a golf tournament in Mansfield, Mass. To make the whole thing a bit more pressing, Donna came to the play late, taking over the role from Liz Andrews, who went to Great Britain to study drama. When she's not doing the mom thing she's an optometrist overseeing her business in Middletown.
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At 6 last Saturday morning, Ed Booth began a long
journey south "to help whoever I can."
The fellow Jamestown Rocket Dawg and retired Jamestown Postmaster loaded up his F-250 with a generator, tools, stout lines, 25 five-gallon gas cans filled to the brim and 14 cases holding 84 gallons of water. He was also carrying cash, a GPS, and a computer.
Ed was on his way to the bayou country to help with the relief efforts. He plans to base himself at his sister Judy's home in Pensacola which is 42 miles from Mobile and a three-hour drive to New Orleans. "There's more to be done than there are government officials to do it," he said.
"I'll concentrate on water and food at first, and then I'll see what's best once I'm in the thick of it. As you can imagine, it's difficult to really plan. I just want to get down there and figure things out."
He went on to say that once he gets on the scene, "If I see someone who needs either gas, water, or money, I'll give it to them."
We learned of Ed's plans from Jamestown Postmaster Charlie Burns.
While preparing for the trip, Ed said that "people have responded remarkably" with donations of money. If you want to help the victims of Katrina and support Ed's efforts send a check to Ed Booth, 37 Lee Ave., Newport, RI 02840. It will be deposited into Ed's account, and he can draw on it with his debit card as needed. It's a noble cause and you know that your donations will be hand delivered to the people most affected.
Readers can check Ed's daily progress by going to his Web site, dbooth.net/ed.
*** records the lines and plays them back on the car radio. "Hannah knows the whole play, she's been a great help," Donna said.
This is her second production with the CBC Players. She was Rachael, the teacher's love-interest in "Inherit the Wind."
Donna came to the Jamestown Community Theatre five years ago when Hannah became eligible to join, and she has appeared in all the fall productions except last year when Hannah had the lead in "Down The Rabbit Hole or What's a Nice Girl Like Alice Doing in a Place Like This?"
Donna is enjoying being Lady Caroline Bramble. She describes her as "a modern, pre-flapper age woman from the young social generation. She partys hard and is snobbish and elitist. She is also lonely and grieving. She's a great contrast to the others in the play, who tend to be more quiet and solemn. I get to smoke and drink on stage."
Donna said that doing "Enchanted April" is "really very wonderful. Everybody is working very hard. It's great acting with Julie (Andrews) and a small cast. Julie has a wonderful insight into our characters and gives us lots of confidence. It's a very funny play."
Donna does admit that she may be a bit nervous tomorrow night.
"My whole staff is coming opening night."
"Enchanted April" will be performed tomorrow and Saturday and Sept. 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church. Break a leg, everybody!!
The Rocket Dawgz held their first annual dinner meeting Saturday night at the 99 restaurant in Newport.
The four attending members toasted our fifth member who is on a mission of mercy and tabled any further business until November.
After dinner, the Dawgz attended a private shoot at Mackerel Cove beach. KA-BOOM!!
Sept. 17 is Constitution Day. We hope Jamestown School teachers set some time aside on Friday, the 16th, to explain to their classes what the Constitution is and by whom and why it was written.
*** Bob and Betty Kinder responded to our Hubba Hubba by saying it was a song by Perry Como, circa WWII. Hubba, Hubba!!
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Jim Pemantell wrote to tell us that there is a free Irish music session every Thursday night from 8 to 11 at the PACC.
Jim, who plays the mandolin, said that Tony Gutierrez of Clinton Avenue played in it last week. "It is really a jam but the Celtic players insist on calling it a session. Last Thursday was the first and it was very good," Jim said.
The perennial problem of fleas faced by all pet owners is the topic of the Pet Tip of the Week by Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic.
"Fleas can be frustrating for you and your pets. Eggs and young fleas can survive in your home all year and in your yard through late fall. As a result, it is possible to have a flea problem although you may see few or no fleas on your pets. Biting and scratching on the lower back, tail, and abdomen are common signs of flea infestation in Fluffy. Flea control involves treatment of Fluffy and also of the environment or you will rarely completely fix the problem.
"Your pet's veterinarian can recommend appropriate flea prevention and treatment programs. Many over-the-counter products can be unreliable or have adverse effects so be sure to use caution and never use products meant for dogs on your cats. Fleas also carry a life-stage of tapeworms so have your veterinarian check your pet for these parasites because they may require a de-worming as well." Thank you, Doctor. WOOF!
The fire department's horn is a minute and a half fast but the St. Matthew's bells are right on the mark.
One of Antonio Riggio's last activities before returning to his home in Italy Monday morning was to prepare and serve an Italian meal to the Brome family.
The Sicilian had been staying in this country all summer and put the meal together as a thank-you to Fred, Marsha and Caitlin for their hospitality. He whipped up a tomato sauce that was served on homemade pasta from Italy and prepared a caprese salad. Two bottles of wine from Grapes & Gourmet topped off the meal.
Antonio had to run off right after the meal to help prepare pizzas at the Village Hearth, where he has been working part time.
Caitlin said that he expressed his thanks to everyone he met here. She said he found Amercans to be very friendly and generous in welcoming him into their homes. Come back soon, Antonio.
Note to the Jamestown Moonbathers: The flags were at half staff Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday by order of President Bush in honor of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. They continue at half staff in memory of the victims of hurricane Katrina.
David and Lisa Brown are cochairs of the Prop Committee for the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of "Honk!" They will be assisted by Lydia Babich and Julia Held.
Speaking of "Honk!" the ducklings now have names: Justin Dussault is Wings; Tiffany Wolfe, Beaky; Christopher Babich, Downy; Alison Baldwin, Waddle; Felicia Faria, Quackers; Sydney Pazera, Crackers; Brooke Reis, Shelly; Alexandra Brown, Fluffy; Alex Antonelli, Webbie; and Damien Beecroft, Malcolm. QUACK!
Does Dr. Hatch know the JCT has Fluffy?
If you didn't make it to the Jamestown Community Chorus' Talent Show then you missed Lynn Normand's "Discover Hidden Talents of Jamestown Picture Show." If you did see it, you probably want to see it again.
Lynn, who produced the 15minute presentation set to music, has donated it to the library. It's recorded on DVD and can be viewed there.
If you're thinking about the critters down in bayou country, Beth Weibust sent along an information sheet that says the Humane Society of the United States has its trained Disaster Animal Response Teams plus rescue vehicles doing their job in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The society's entire relief effort is funded by citizens' donations. The fund is getting low. You can help by sending a check made out to HSUS Disaster Relief Fund and send it to HSUS, Dept. DRFHBM, 2100 L St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. WOOF!!
Sunday is Grandparent's Day though it never really caught on.
We welcome your contributions to this page — items such as birthdays, anniversaries and other good stuff.
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States Are Adding Express Toll Portions to Their Roads, Irking Some Drivers
Rush-hour drivers in congested U.S. cities are increasingly facing a stark choice: stay stuck in traffic or pay to get in the fast lane.
Special express toll lanes are being added to highways and can only be used if drivers pony up. With High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes, carpoolers, who drive for free, are joined by drivers who pay if they don't have the requisite number of passengers.


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This is Olivia Mellan's second appearance on the IA 25. Read her profile in the 2006 IA 25 here. Click here to view the complete list and Special Report schedule for extended profiles for each of the 2013 IA 25 honorees.
"We live," Olivia Mellan told us, "in an adolescent society" marked by a short-term orientation, where people "don't plan ahead and look at the whole picture." That is where advisors can help, acting, as Mellan likes to say, as "therapeutic educators" who "walk the talk." Since they "have a peaceful lack of anxiety in talking about money," they are then able to lead their clients to apply the tools needed to achieve their goals.
So if that's what advisors can do, what does Olivia Mellan do? She has been a couples therapist for decades, is creator of the "money harmony" concept, is a highly entertaining (and educational) speaker, runs multigenerational family workshops and is the author of five books with her long-time writing partner, Sherry Christie. As a therapeutic educator herself to advisors, Mellan's influence in the industry is subtle but real. Particularly over the past few years, Mellan has expanded her Psychology of Advice column in this magazine to explore areas as diverse as the rising incidence of divorce among older people, the latest advances in brain behavior and how to help client couples with divergent expectations and needs prepare for retirement.
The theme throughout these feature stories is consistent with her writing and advice: In life, even loving people will disagree with each other, and the professional advice-giver's job is not to come down on one side or the other of the argument, but to encourage a process where each side truly listens to the other, in a safe environment, before any decisions are made. It may sound simple and self-evident, but like most "simple" ideas it can run counter to our instincts, especially if we're Type-A personalities who, sure of our own wisdom, want to accelerate the decision-making process because, well, we are so sure that we are right. After all, that's an advisor's job, right? To share your hard-won professional wisdom about money and the markets with your less wise, less sophisticated clients, and to make plans and choose investments that will benefit those clients, regardless of how those clients feel about those choices.
That gets back to Mellan's bedrock principle of money harmony, the idea she first came up with in 1982 that people have a lifelong relationship with money that is either in balance or not, that each individual has a certain money personality, and that having more money will do nothing to restore that balance. (A re-issue of Mellan's seminal work on money harmony is due out this year.)
In her process of researching and writing with Christie, Mellan practices what she preaches. She's happy to admit that she has long leaned on advisors like Peg Downey, Alexandra Armstrong, Dick Vodra and Mary Malgoire to make the connection between her therapeutic insights and how advisors work with clients.
"Advisors need help," Mellan said, in learning "how to listen to clients with patience and empathy and to help them lighten the emotional charge" around money, usually based on what clients learned about money as children, "so they can listen to the advice advisors are giving them."
Pale imitators of Mellan's approach have appeared, but her insights remain fresh and unique. One piece of advice she has for advisors comes from how she works with her own psychotherapy clients. "When people come into therapy, I ask them, 'How do you feel about being here? What do you hope to get out of it?' I think advisors should ask these same questions" because the answers will help set up the expectations for success for the planning relationship, and because, like Mellan with her clients, "you will meet them where they are."
What about the naysayers who denigrate advisors who follow Mellan's approach as being practitioners of only the "soft side" of financial planning? "They're not therapeutic educators; they're not providing holistic financial planning if they put down emotion. Brain studies show emotion is always involved in financial decision-making; people never make decisions based on their rational brain."


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The latest exhibition has been unveiled at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre by the Sefton Art Group.
Roy from the art group said: We are delighted to be exhibiting at Martin Mere in October. The Sefton Art Group is one of the biggest art groups in the North West that meets weekly to engage in art and art activities. We are welcoming to anyone who is thinking of taking up art and would like to come along and visit one of our several weekly classes to find out more. As well as offering art classes to all abilities we encourage members to exhibit their work.
Find out more about joining or visiting us at www.seftonartgroup.co.uk or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Roy continues: This exhibition is the culmination of months of preparatory work by members. Members visited Martin Mere in May to compile information using sketches, drawing and photographs. These will have been worked-up into finished art work which visitors can enjoy at the exhibition.
The exhibition is located in the main foyer and a percentage of all sales comes straight to Martin Mere.


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Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me where can I buy Top level domain such as .co.uk or .com ? I mean the new domain.
If I understand this correctly you want a top level domain... You don't want blah.com you just want to own .blah
TLDs are assigned through ICANN and IANA. Now you have to realize that in the last 5 years they've only added like 6 or 7 new TLDs, with three new ones being announced this year that may be seen around the fall (.xxx, .travel and .jobs (or maybe it was .job)) TLDs aren't just given to anyone.. there as to be a specific reason for them.... and my guess would be you have to have a large amount of money to get a gTLD.. but you can go do some research and see what you find out.
IT Blog: .:Computer Defense:.
PnCHd (Pronounced Pinched): Acronym - Point 'n Click Hacked. As in: "That website was pinched" or "The skiddie pinched my computer because I forgot to patch".
Your ISP might be interested to answer you ....
\"The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and even then I have my doubts\".....Spaf
Everytime I learn a new thing, I discover how ignorant I am.- ... Black Cluster
A couple of years ago some smartass bought .tv. .tv is/was assigned to some small island with only a few internet users. They're making a heck of a lot of money these days
Unless you can find a similar TLD and you have a large amount of cash I don't believe it'll happen again
But maybe you could apply for the new ones HT mentioned? You would still need a huge som of money though..
Maybe I'll go and apply for the .xxx myself
All I need is a bank to trust me..... Yeah, right...
Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
wish I could have .foo
I came in to the world with nothing. I still have most of it.
Hi linux1880,
This breaks down TLD's by Country and is supposed to give you directions on how to apply...
The official list of all country specific TLD's, including .us, .uk, and .tv, plus links to where you can apply for a domain in that country.
IANA | Root-Zone Whois Index by TLD Code
Many of the new TLDs are accepting registrations.
ICANN | Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)
and last but certainly not least...
TLD Names is an accredited registrar for com , net , org domains.
Originally posted here by linux1880
Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me where can I buy Top level domain such as .co.uk or .com ? I mean the new domain.
I've Forgotten to mention that, .co.uk is called Country Cod Top Level Domain (ccTLD's) rather than Top level Domain {Examples, .com, .org, .info, .net, .tv}.
Just thought to remind you ...
Originally posted here by Black Cluster
I've Forgotten to mention that, .co.uk is called Country Cod Top Level Domain (ccTLD's) rather than Top level Domain {Examples, .com, .org, .info, .net, .tv}.
Just thought to remind you ...
Hey Hey,
If you're going to post that.. it should actually be noted that .tv (while you'd think it'd be a specialty TLD)... it's actualy a ccTLD. The countr of Tuvalu is the sponsor company and the .TV corporation has purchased the rights off of them. It was a really good idea.. I'm still surprised that no one has tried it with Italy's .IT yet.. Now .tv had very few registrations previously and I'm sure that .it has many more, but wouldn't it be an great way to subdivide the world of information technology on the internet?
Also .uk is the ccTLD... the co is just a domain they've created to further subdivide the ccTLD. I believe that the .co.uk was specifically for commercial uk operations originally.
Canada used to have something similar... we had provincial domains... so you could buy just a .ca or you could by a on.ca or a bc.ca, etc. Those have been factored out now though.
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Ovarian Cancer
(Cancer of the Ovaries; Cancer, Ovarian)
Ovarian cancer is the growth of cancer cells in the ovaries. The ovaries make eggs for reproduction and female hormones.
The most common type of ovarian cancer is epithelial. Germ cell tumors come from the reproductive tissue. They account for 20% of tumors. Stromal cancers are more rare. These come from the connective cells of the ovary. They typically make hormones that cause symptoms.
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Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Normally, cells divide in a regulated manner. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue forms, called a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues. Cancer that has invaded nearby tissues can then spread to other parts of the body.
It is not clear exactly what causes these problems in the cells, but is probably a combination of genetics and environment.
Risk Factors
Ovarian cancer is most common in women age 50 or older. Other factors that may increase your chance of ovarian cancer include:
- Family history of ovarian cancer, especially in mother, sister, or daughter
- Menstrual history—first period before age 12, no childbirth or first childbirth after age 30, and late menopause
- Personal history of breast cancer or endometrial cancer
- Certain gene mutations, including BRCA1 or BRCA2
- Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy
- Polycystic ovary syndrome or obesity
- Endometriosis
Use of birth control pills for more than 5 years appears to decrease the risk of getting ovarian cancer.
Many ovarian tumors grow to be very large without showing symptoms. Symptoms often only appear in the later stages. These tumors can also be hard to find during a physical exam. As a result, the majority of tumors are found with advanced disease.
Symptoms include:
- Abdominal discomfort and/or pain
- Gas, indigestion , pressure, swelling, bloating, or cramps
- Nausea, diarrhea , constipation , or frequent urination
- Loss of appetite
- Feeling of fullness even after only a light meal
- Unexplained weight gain or loss
- Abnormal bleeding from the vagina
- Hair growth, voice deepening, acne , loss of menstrual periods in some rare stromal tumors
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam and pelvic exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids and tissue may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Biopsy
Imaging tests include:
The physical exam combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Like other cancers, ovarian cancer is staged from I-IV. Stage I is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body.
Treatment for ovarian cancer depends on the stage of the cancer and your general health. Options may include:
The cancerous tumor and nearby tissue will be removed. This usually includes the uterus, fallopian tubes, and lymph nodes.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms including pill, injection, and via a catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream. They travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. Some healthy cells are killed as well.
Radiation Therapy
This therapy uses radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may be:
- External radiation therapy—radiation directed at the abdomen from a source outside the body
- Intra-abdominal P32—sometimes a radioactive solution may be introduced into the abdomen as part of treatment
If you think you are at risk for ovarian cancer, talk to your doctor. Schedule check-ups with your doctor if needed. All women should have regular physical exams. These should include vaginal exams and palpation of the ovaries.
Genetic testing may help identify those who should consider having surgery to remove both ovaries and the fallopian tubes. In some cases, it may prevent ovarian cancer in high-risk women.
Eating a low-fat diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables may also reduce your risk of ovarian cancer. It is also important to maintain a healthy weight.
Talk to your doctor about whether aspirin would help lower your risk of ovarian cancer.
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
Canadian Cancer Society
Women's Health Matters
Ovarian cancer. American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003130-pdf.pdf. Accessed January 6, 2014.
Ovarian cancer. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T900705/Ovarian-cancer. Updated May 6, 2016. Accessed September 26, 2016.
Ovarian cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/ovarian. Accessed January 6, 2014.
9/18/2009 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T900705/Ovarian-cancer: FDA clears a test for ovarian cancer. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm182057.htm. Accessed January 6, 2014.
2/4/2015 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T900705/Ovarian-cancer: Trabert B, Ness, RB. Aspirin, nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and acetaminophen use and risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014 Feb;106(2):djt431.


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More predictions
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Harry Potter
Blogging them as I think of them, so that later I can comment on how close (or not) I was to the mark so soon after HBP. SPOILERS of course.
was going on between Snape and Lily, back in the day. Exactly what, I'm not sure. I suspect that when Petunia said "I heard... that awful boy... telling
about them", Snape was the awful boy in question, not James. The fans have been talking about Snape/Lily for years, but I was never convinced until now, but this book had a LOT of hints in that direction. The fact that Slughorn keeps mentioning Harry's inheriting Lily's talent when in fact he's getting the tips from Snape, for example. And the fact that Snape showed so much alleged remorse after he found out how Voldemort interpreted the prophecy.
Speaking of which, I'm now convinced that Snape is good. I'd been thinking for a while that perhaps Dumbledore had given him an order that required him to keep up the pretense of being a loyal Death Eater even if it required him to kill Dumbledore, but on rereading the book, it turns out that Dumbledore did give him exactly that order, even though Hagrid didn't grasp the significance of what he'd heard. Snape "didn't want to do it any more" and Dumbledore said that he'd given his word and that was the end of it. Furthermore, Dumbledore mentioned "investigations in his House" - I'm sure that referred to Spinner's End, not Slytherin, but I don't quite get the significance yet. Perhaps a Horcrux is stashed away there? In which case, who's the Spinner?
An interesting note, but not a prediction as such: from the note it's clear that R.A.B. didn't actually figure out that there was more than one Horcrux. Harry's on his own as far as finding the rest of them.
Here's one that's my twist on what the Leaky Cauldron posters figured out. The TLC people figured out in
this thread
that R.A.B. is indeed Regulus Black because he took the locket back to Grimmauld Place, and it showed up during the cleaning in
. Furthermore, it's quite possible that Mundungus stole it. My twist: Mundungus didn't just steal it, he sold it to Aberforth Dumbledore (who as many fans figured out years ago, is the bartender of the Hog's Head) outside the Three Broomsticks!
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