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We begin with an analysis of the daunting task ahead for the Democrats who hope to take back the House and even the Senate in 2018 and speak with George Lakoff, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and author of "The All New Don't Think of an Elephant" and "The Political Mind". He joins us to discuss the recent Democratic defeat in the most expensive congressional race in history and offer an alternative strategy for Democrats as they try to reach out to disaffected Republican voters in potential swing districts. Facing a gerrymandered electorate with unlimited Republican money pouring in, Lakoff argues that the Democrats are doomed as long as they fail to learn from recent defeats while clinging to the vain hope Trump will self-destruct or be impeached. He urges them to stop running the same campaigns with bland candidates who continue to run on facts and figures, platforms and policies, while ignoring the political mind and the importance of values and emotions.
Then we examine the consequences of having a commander in chief who delegates decisions to the military as the war against ISIS in Syria and Iraq gets more complicated and potentially explosive while the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates. Henri Barkey, the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars who was a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff on the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean and Intelligence, joins us to discuss that in the absence of hands-on leadership, there is a growing possibility that a clash between the U.S. and Syrian or Iranian forces could spark a wider war in Syria.
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FPB Schedules Electric Maintenance Outage for Sunday, June 14/
Sunday morning (June 14), FPB Electric crews will conduct scheduled maintenance outages in large parts of our east Frankfort service area. This maintenance is to make system upgrades and preparations for a new substation section.
The area impacted includes: Douglas Ave., Lankford Ave., Missouri Ave., Hickory Hills Apt., Hickory Dr., Jonathon Ct., Myrtle Ave., Winding Way, Winding Way Ct., Allnutt Dr., parts of East Main, Rolling Acres, Meredith Ave., Fairview Ave., Aspen Ave., Bradley St., Elm St., and Pickett St.
The areas listed will not completely be without electric service. Some addresses in these areas will be impacted, some will not. One side of the street may be without power, the other side of the street may have power. Some houses will have power; some will not have power, etc. The maintenance will impact between 200-300 customers.
The maintenance window will begin at 6:30 AM Sunday, June 14 and power should be restored to the affected areas by 9:30 AM.
The scheduled work is contingent on favorable weather. If there is rain, the maintenance may be postponed and rescheduled. We appreciate customer patience during this necessary system maintenance and upgrade.

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Father's Day is a special day, an important day, even a peculiar day. To be honest, it is a day that you half-think men invented in order to make doubly-sure we get our due honor for the small sacrifices we make. I say "small" because when fathers get up and go to work, words such as "sacrifice" don't usually come to mind. No, we think of tasks, meetings, and deadlines, primarily. And yet, when heading out the door and the four year old little boy asks if his shoes are on the correct foot, we stop because we know we are on holy ground. It is in that split second that we fathers stop and know that whatever lies ahead for the day just simply isn't as important as this little one speaking to us. Sure, the shoe being on the right foot is peanuts compared to everything in the headlines. But to the preschooler, it'll make the difference between whether he walks or skips in the driveway. "Of course he needs to skip", we say to ourselves. Of course he does. Whatever the origin of Father's Day, it is a day that we stop, and if possible, remember who our fathers are (or were) and what they really mean to us.
As a 36 year old man, I can tell you that more than a few of my friends fathers have died. When talking with my friends about our fathers, we exchange good and not-so-good stories. We tell the bad stories too because none of us were born to perfect people and the highlight reel, as fun as it is, isn't all there was. Before we get into the whens, the hows, and the whys surrounding the men we miss we ask one question every single time and without fail. It is the question that rocks us to the core.
The question is: "Did you have a good relationship with your dad?" This is what we men, who work hard, have wives, children, and pay bills ask each other.
The conversations are often short and pungent (sometimes peaty). When we speak of our fathers, we speak with fewer words because losing your father is unlike anything else. To speak of the man who raised you who was fraught with holes and simultaneously worea red "S" on his chest is to be speaking of something holy. Nobody ever envisions sitting at the kitchen table at 5:18 am on a Tuesday morning in June, thinking about the missing man. Dads are intended to be immortal, you know.
I'm not sure why it is, but when I think of my father this year, I feel like I'm missing more than a father. It is like I'm missing a friend. I miss his laugh. I miss his heavy-starched dress shirts. I miss his cologne. I really miss his handwriting. God, his handwriting was just beautiful. Such straight lines and curves and spacing. There was real thoughtfulness care, and precision. It as though he knew that his handwriting, though usually to someone else, was actually saying something about himself. His handwriting spoke of his unhurried character. It spoke of a certain confidence in the subject at hand. More than anything, his handwriting spoke of the worth of the other. After all, why make life harder on someone else with chicken scratch?


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The Village of Decay
Touted as the oldest population in New Zealand, Thames was an exercise in futility and certainly not fertility. Every firm body an oasis in a desert of lumpiness, our presence in the town was like a broken foot rest on a lazy boy. Thoroughly annoying. Last time we were here we got shut down by noise complaints from a Freemason's meeting just up the road, and when they ambled out in their penguin suits eyeing us up and down like the rubbish that we are, that's when I knew we'd be back to fuck more people off. The lady with that bovine essence at the backpackers was surprisingly warm to us, our respectful behaviour from our last visit having glossed over any concerns she'd had when we checked in the first time. That time she had spewed forth every minuscule rule onto the reception desk in front of her in a venomous spit, essentially giving us a greeting not quite as warm as a wet fish across the face. This time around she was more than happy to espouse bullshit about how the cat had a gene that grew it sheep's wool instead of fur. They didn't even get angry when we checked out a little bit late and hung around drinking instant coffee while they collected sheets and swept spider webs from the deck. Helen was watching Once Were Warriors in the lounge. She was from London and thought Tem was a pretty good actor. We told her he further explored his acting chops later as Boba Fett which I'm sure dazzled her. Lilly pretty much told her what was going to happen just before every scene but she didn't seem to mind and didn't even care that we drowned out the sound playing shit as pool and darts and drinking home brew. Just as she stated that she loved New Zealand headlines the Campbell Live segment about driving dogs aired on the large, much too square television made from a strange fabric. I wondered whether they should have made them wear flat caps for their short but somewhat shaky drive. To be honest I'm not sure how they'd go on the eye test, I found it difficult and I consider myself able to read. The next day the Germans were trying to bike the length of the country and didn't seem to want to engage in too much conversation but I extracted from them that they were headed to Paeroa. Paeroa is NZ's top rated small community of 2012 according to the proud signage. Fuck Paeroa. I was quickly amassing evidence that nobody comes to Thames to party. It was becoming clearer and more transparent that this was a haven for undertakers. We have just been sitting around playing 'spot the varicose vein', had a munchie and now on the road to Whitianga… Well Cook's Beach actually.


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"I hate when girls try to talk about hockey,"
This was a tweet I read about a month ago.
We still live in a world that separates our activities, careers, and interests by gender.
As a woman running a nonprofit situated around the energy sector, sometimes I find myself out on the field, a male-dominated arena.
What I observe: Questions from women are sometimes ignored. Women are often the ones "protected" while on site. I have heard more than a few cases of sexual harassment.
I have female friends who are interested in cars. Who care about sports more than what they have on. Friends whose children tell them "we have to wait for daddy" to use a wrench to fix their toys.
Why are we still under the illusion that women can't comprehend or carry out certain activities?
There is the popular argument that "men and women are built differently" or "they have different capabilities."
I argue that our mental capacity can help us achieve greater things than our bodies can.
And as Charlotte Perkins Gilman puts it, however, "There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as well speak of a female liver."
When I was in elementary school, I had a math teacher that would scold and scold me for my incorrect answers. More than once I wondered if she was feeding on my misery. I developed a lasting mantra of "I'm bad at math I'm bad at math I must be bad at science I'm so bad at these subjects," that still rings in my ears today, despite the topnotch grades in high school and college.
This mantra left me feeling weak, unintelligent, and limited.
If I had been a boy - and really think: how often do you assume that someone is better at math or science just because he's a boy - would I have been praised or encouraged back to the correct answer?
It works the opposite way as well - boys and men are policed for participating in "girls" activities. But that's another discussion.
Coping with this stereotypes and limited beliefs, and returning home? Got you covered:
1). Don't try to prove anything. Because you don't have to. If someone is challenging you, being defensive is a fine response, but more often, it'll leave you feeling worse. Their opinion of you, correct or not, does not matter more. Your opinion of yourself does.
2). Educate. If you are in a situation where you feel that you belong, and gender generalizations are holding you back, use this as a moment of example. Being aware and tuning into your intuition is the best way to shift the energy around the situation. Communicating the issue works as well.
3). Return to your confidence. Take a minute of stillness for every minute you or someone else is making you feel like less because of what you enjoy. Remind yourself of that joy.
FeMantra: We are one. We are not separate, although society separates us. We are all limitless beyond our wildest dreams.


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"properly practiced, knitting soothes
troubled spirit... and it doesn't
hurt the untroubled spirit either."~elizabeth zimmerman
Sorry things have been rough lately. That really truly sucks. But I'm glad you have a good support system.
By madalyn, at 7:38 AM
You know, I can't imagine having to exist in such a bizarro environment (while changing my internal chemistry on top of things)... I've spent most of my life feeling like everyone dislikes me (or talks crazy smack) behind my back, and even if I succeed in talking myself out of my craziness? I doubt I'm ever going to lose that feeling, in this lifetime. I hope things get better for you - the one lady has hopefully left by now - and I'm glad your knit group is so good!
By PlazaJen, at 8:51 PM
OMG! But then again, I'm not surprised. I've always believed that things like ADHD, Bi-Polar, Depression, etc (all of which have or still do afflict my family - me, PPD) are God's way to slow down the highly intelligent so that the incredibly stupid can catch up. I left my bizarro environment of absolute fuck-ups. There's nothing wrong with you my dear.
By Grit Knitter, at 4:14 AM
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that kind of nonsense. My mother would say you should be "proud" to stand out agains thier distinctions of "fun" because they seem rather crass and disgusting.Keep your chin up.
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The Ay river
January 1, 1970
by Anastasiya
The Ural
If you don't know what to do with your life or cannot look on the bright side, I would advise you to visit the Ay river of the Southern Urals, the Russian Federation. You will relax surrounded with gurgling water, listen to the silence of the nature and the most important thing: you will sleep very comfortably with fabulous dreams!
The Ay was named by Bashkir tribes who has been living here for a long time. The name of the River in translation from the Bashkir language means "moon" because the Ay river is very quiet, beautiful and has a lot of places with shallow water. In the past the Ay reached the depth of 200 m, but situation has changed and the river reaches now the average depth of less than one meter.
Let's start travelling!
We were rafting for 3 days and 2 nights. It happened on 26-30 August. My friends run essential organisation tasks of our rafting adventure and I always helped them. The first day we slept in the bus, we got acquainted with our team which was composed of 40 people. We were driving from Kazan to the Urals for 12 hours. During our journey we were sleeping and once in a while we stopped to have some meal. We arrived at 10 a.m, cooked lunch, after that we unpacked our rafts and pushed them into the water at 12 a.m. Team had 5 rafts. We were rafting for 6 hours, when we saw the sunset and stopped on camp to cook dinner. The food cooked on the camp-fire was marvelous! Also, we looked at the stars with the cheapest wine we had bought and sang songs to a guitar. Our team was happy and friendly like a large family! We also told interesting stories to each other. After some evening activities we went straight to the tents.
Unfotgettable feelings: caves, cliff jumping and natural sauna!
On the second day the evening was planned because we wanted to visit a lot of caves and collect stones. Part of those aims we would achieve, but we didn`t have enough time for everything planned. I woke up early that day, maybe at 6 a.m. Although one woman, whose name is Larisa, had woken up at 3 a.m! I was shocked! I asked her whether she had insomnia. Fifty years old woman responded to me that she had meditated in silence and done some yoga exercises in the forest. Larisa and I washed the dishes and tried to make a fire. We couldn`t do it. That's why Andrew from Ukraine gave us a helping hand. When tea was bowling, people started to wake up and have morning shower. Although we had only some wine to drink, travelers of our team had brought with them some home-brew vodka. Despite this fact, none of them felt sick or had hangover. When all food was cooked, our team had breakfast. We packed up and drifted to the first cave. Several times we drank hot tea and slept on rafts. The weather was so unstable. When there were clouds in the sky, it was getting cold and rainy. However, when the sun came out, it was getting hot and I wanted to swim in the river. We stopped by the fist cave but we didn`t stay there long, so we moved on to the second one. There there was cliff jumping. At the end of second day it was so rainy, but our men went to collect some stones to make natural sauna from it. It really was unfotgettable! After that we had a pilaf and lots of mulled wine. All people sang to a guitar and we were hugging each other like real friends. At last we slept in the sleeping bags in tents.
Unplanned stop and geyser secret.
On the third day, a girl fell from the raft into the water! It was awful because it was rainy and cold. I helped her to dress warm and dry clothes. The team ate a little and drank some wine to get warm during this unplanned stop. On the third day we were drifting along the river only with a single stop by a magnificent geyser. The geyser looked so beautiful in the sunlight. We saw that the geyser formed a rainbow. It`s known that geyser does not freeze in winter even in thirty-degree frost, that's why I thought that it should look very nice in winter! Our team also drunk mulled wine and sang songs because the weather was so cold and nasty! Sometimes we saw animals from village or forest! We saw wild horses, ducks and geese from the village! My friends presented the local residents wine and food. They gave us the local home-brew vodka! We were delighted!
New friends
The team was so tired after the journey. We slept more than on the first day in the bus!
We returned to Kazan very happy and content! The team has become my real friends and now we are deciding on a new destination for our rafting adventures. We are thinking of visiting Karelia! See you in my next journey, my friends!
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As Sioux Falls Fire Rescue investigators learn what caused an apartment fire that killed a woman and child, questions are raised about the apartment's safety.
Officials say there were smoke detectors inside the apartment, but the building lacked potentially life-saving fire sprinklers.
"The biggest benefit is giving people the opportunity to escape the building or get out before anybody gets injured," Fire Inspector Berry Maag said.
Once the area around the fire reaches 155 degrees, the heat breaks a glass tube, releasing water to contain the fire until it's turned off by firefighters.
"Sprinklers work as a way of localizing the fire damage as well as the ability of the fire to grow," Sioux Falls Fire Marshall Dean Lanier said.
But since 2003, only half of new apartment construction in Sioux Falls has fire sprinklers.
"We are at a lesser life safety level for sprinkling multi-family units than the rest of the country," Chief Building Official Ron Bell said.
Chief Building Official Ron Bell says Sioux Falls code remains nearly unchanged since 1984. Fire sprinklers are only required in housing with 17 units or more or with three levels or higher.
That's why the apartments in Tuesday's deadly fire only had smoke detectors. But Bell and Lanier would like to see that changed.
"Residential occupancy which is sprinkled, has an extremely small death rate, practically nothing because sprinklers save the property but they also save lives," Bell said.
A fire sprinkler task force meets Thursday morning, in an effort to persuade the Sioux Falls City council to rethink the sprinkler code.
Opponents to the fire sprinklers say they increase housing costs which can be an additional one to five percent of construction costs.


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Analytical summary - Maternal and newborn health
From AHO
The national maternal mortality ratio in the Gambia declined from 1050 deaths per 100 000 live births to 730 deaths per 100 000 live births between 1990 and 2001, a reduction of about 30.5% in 11 years. Levels in rural areas are twofold greater than in urban settlements. Given that it took 11 years to attain a 31% reduction, it is very unlikely that the country will attain the Millennium Development Goal 5 target of below 262 deaths per 100 000 live births in 7 years. Furthermore, met need for obstetric services such as caesarean section is very low and estimated at 2.1% nationally and 0.6% in rural areas.
While neonatal and perinatal mortality rates are estimated at 31.2 and 54.9 deaths per 1000 live births, respectively, in 2001, the under-five mortality rate has in 2003 declined to 99 deaths per 1000 live births. Currently, there are 35 prevention of mother-to-child transmission sites across the country, providing HIV counselling and testing services at antenatal clinics. There is an urgent need to expand services for improved national coverage. All pregnant women who are infected with HIV are either on antiretroviral prophylaxis or treatment, according to their disease stage.
Malaria is recognized as an important health problem, accounting for 40% of all outpatient consultations in 1999. To this end, a policy of free malaria prevention and control for pregnant women is being implemented nationally and pregnant women are given free intermittent preventive therapy in pregnancy, insecticide-treated bednets and malaria treatment.
Though fertility rates have reduced considerably from 5.4 in 1993 to 3.9 in 2003, overall fertility rate is still high. This is complicated by very high adolescence fertility, which is estimated at 103 per 1000 women. Fertility rates are higher in rural areas than in urban settlements (3.9 in the capital area but 6.2 in Central River Region). This could be explained by early marriage and fewer years spent in school in rural areas.
Nationally, the contraceptive prevalence rate has increased modestly from 12% in 1990 to 17.5% in 2001.[1] Modern contraceptive methods account for the majority, estimated at 13.5%. The increases in the use of modern methods of contraception could be attributed to improved availability of, and access to, pills and injectables over the years.
National statistics on the magnitude of low-birth-weight babies are not readily available. However, service delivery statistics suggest the rate is above 10% nationally and up to 15% in rural areas. Malaria during pregnancy and malnutrition play no small part in this.
Malnutrition among children and pregnant women is recognized as an important public health challenge. For example, it is indicated that 73% of pregnant women manifest signs of moderate anaemia, while 5% have high-risk anaemia.
Antenatal care services are provided through a network of clinics held at base and outreach stations across the country. Thus, the national coverage is approaching universal level with over 98% of pregnant women reported to have at least four visits.
It is estimated that about 57% of births are attended by skilled personnel. This is because most births in urban areas occur in health facilities, as there are very few or no traditional birth attendants. With the policy of free maternity care services being implemented across the country, there is an element of equity in the delivery of maternal health services.
- ↑ National survey on maternal, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality and contraceptive prevalence, 2001


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Making Space and Rejecting Ego
You are not your popularity or your lack of it.
You are not the number of Likes on your Facebook feed.
You are not your credit score.
You are not the number of dates you went on.
You are not your ability to influence others to do the things you want them to do.
You are not your weight or your body image.
This past weekend, I performed in Lake Forest with a cast of some incredible storytellers. The story I chose to contribute was called "Big Fish and the Von Freeman Takedown" and illustrated (in brief) how I came to Chicago thinking I was some hot shit trumpet god and realized in a most unceremonious way how tiny and guppy-like I truly was. It's a lesson I routinely need reminding of—as I believe most great life lessons tend to be.
I look at young storytellers, improvisers, teachers and a former protege who jammed a few shivs in my spine to get ahead this past year and I see a desperate need for recognition and an almost non-stop creativity bursting forth to get it. A push to grow the successes they have and increase their effectiveness in their chosen professions. The spotlight is something they aggressively seek and the best lamp comes from truly exceptional work and artistry. For me, there is the conflicted emotions of great pleasure in their successes (most are in their thirties at this point) and this odd, niggling sensation poking at me.
And then, like a soft punch in the nutsack, it occurs to me: This isn't about envy, this is about ego and the creeping feeling that as a man in my fifties, obsolescence is being forced upon me by those looking to occupy the space I have made mine for so long. It is the realization that the rollercoaster I'm on most of the time is the ascension to a place of status to a quick plunge to obscurity to another ride up a certain kind of hill and down again.
I believe (yes, but this isn't one of those posts) that our job on this Earth is to:
• Do no harm.
• Make stuff.
• Learn from our mistakes.
• Train those who come after to replace us.
It's that fourth one that suddenly has me looking all constipated. Being replaced is hard for the ego, both in the acknowledging that it is necessary and letting go. Mark my words, though, letting go of your place and moving over to give some room to those coming up from behind is not only the right thing to do but is inevitable.
When my pops retired, he went through a pretty bleak period of depression. He wouldn't call it that but he's a whole generation before, and that shit just didn't fly back then. Nevertheless, he was listless, sat looking out the window all the time. He kind of planted himself and decided not to move. When he and I had one of our "Let's go drive the trash to the dump" talks over a holiday, I determined that he simply felt useless. Purposeless. In the best way that I could, I suggested that he find new things to do—not hobbies necessarily, but things that felt useful.
Once, a woman complimented me by telling me she thought I was very youthful. I misheard her and thought she said I was very useful. I prefer the second to the first because youth goes away. I's inevitable. Being useful? If you play it right, you can be useful 'til the day you croak. It takes a certain amount of self–reflection and a rejection of ego to step aside and make space for those who are hungry and ready to prove themselves. But being useful is easy.
You are not the size of your schwantz.
You are not the latest smart phone.
You are not fat free.
You are not your hair (or lack of it.)
You are not your self righteous morality.
You are not your condescending attitudes about pop culture.
At this point in life, I'd wager a guess that a solid 80 percent of any problems I have in my day to day is the fault of my ego and the creation of unrealistic expectations.
• After nearly thirty years of producing events and shows in Chicago, someone questions my choice or suggests an alternative? My ego flares up and both Wrath and Pride come to the fore
• My salty language gets criticized by someone more easily offended than myself. My ego cries out "Who the fuck are YOU?!"
• 95 percent of the fights (of which there really aren't that many) between my wife and I occur because of my ego—it don't like no bruising.
When our ego senses a threat—of replacement or loss of status or somehow becoming less important— tends to nudge us into behaving like assholes.
I once had a manager at the Public Radio Mines who was about 16 years younger than I. We worked together creating events and, as my light shined with success, she felt marginalized in some way. It never occurred to me that she was feeling threatened by me, though, and so I blindly continued and was tremendously loyal to her, defending her against detractors and working hard to make her look good. After working with her for five years and doing most of the work on our many events, I was made privy to a series of reports and emails to our Senior Staff that effectively sabotaged me. She had detailed how I was an incompetent project manager and shouldn't be trusted with any advanced responsibility. She openly took credit for work that we both know I had done. And she lied to my face about it.
I swore, after getting moved to another, far better, manager that I would never treat someone working under me that way. And so far, I haven't. Those we employ deserve to be trained and then given responsibility and then lauded for their success.
I'm supposed to reject my ego and make space for the new blood. BE REPLACED.
It's OK. There's a lot of fucking room to spare (you ever been to Wyoming? It's like seven people per square mile out there…). There are plenty of things to learn. There are plenty of mistakes to be made.
You can always tell when you encounter someone who refuses to reject their ego—their students are a credit to them and their genius, they trumpet their personal accolades constantly, they remind you in every encounter how real they are. If they have a show, that show is all about them. It's not narcissism necessarily. It's fear of obsolescence. That fear of being replaced by someone younger, hungrier, maybe more talented, is the signal for these ego-challenged folks to double down on the self aggrandizement rhetoric.
But it's better to be useful than youthful and it's better to move out of the way than fight for that spotlight.
You are not your dog's fucking mommy.
You are not mentally willing the stoplight to turn green.
You are not secretly a super hero.
You are not doing the work of (a) god.
You are not curing yourself by going to therapy.
You are not the center of any universe but the one between your ears.
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Estee Lauder Advanced night repair serum is a bit brown colored and it smells funny, but I quite like the smell :). It absorbs really quickly but it won`t be enough on its own. You must use a cream or oil after this serum. I use a mixture of argan and rosehip oil after this serum. I use it for night skin care routine, because of retinyl palmitate (you shouldn`t use any form of vit. A and UV filters together). Don`t expect miracles after a month of use. This serum can`t fix all the damage from your past, but it can prevent the future ones. I noted two things after a month of use: my skin is calm and not so red anymore and my pores are smaller.
So let`s see the ingredients shall we?
Water,Bifida Ferment Lysate,Methylgluceth-20,Peg-75,Butylene Glycol,Bis-Peg-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane,Arabidopsis Thaliana Extract,Tripeptide-32,Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate,Lactobacillus Ferment,Cola Acuminata Extract,Retinyl Palmitate,Pantethine,Caffeine,Glycereth-26,Sodium Rna,Squalane,Oleth-3 Phosphate,Oleth-3,Oleth-5,Bisabolol,Choleth-24,Ceteth-24,Hydrogenated Lecithin,Anthemis Nobilis,Sodium Hyaluronate,Tocopheryl Acetate,Lecithin,Xanthan Gum,Tea-Carbomer,Trisodium Edta,Bht,Phenoxyethanol,Methylparaben,Benzyl Alcohol,Green 5,Yellow 5,Red 4.
Bifida Ferment Lysate: A probiotic bacteria for which it is claimed that it can repair DNA damage. This claims are not proven, but there was some research that has shown that this probiotic bacteria keeps skin microflora in good condition, and helps with eczemas, dermatitis and redness.
Cola Acuminata (Kola) Extract: It contains caffeine which clamps the skin and works like adstringens.
Retinyl Palmitate: Vitamin A derivative, known for it`s anti-aging effects. Because of this ingredient I use this serum only for night time care.
Pantethine: Form of Vitamin B5, which can reduce acne.
Caffeine: Caffeine is very anti-inflammatory and it is a powerful antioxidant.
Sodium RNA: repairs the skin.
Bisabolol: Anti-irritating.
Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile): antiseptic.
Sodium Hyaluronate : moisturizer
Tocopheryl Acetate: Vitamin E derivative, which works antioxidant and anti-aging.
Arabidopsis Thaliana Extract: For this extract it is said, that it contains enzymes which repair DNA damage, it is good for treating photo damaged skin and it can increase collagen production. Once again nothing is proven here.
Tripeptide-32: A polypeptide that activates some genes in keratinocytes which are responsible for DNA repair. The question here is if this ingredient can penetrate in to DNA, where all this is happening.
Lactobacillus Ferment: Enzyme known by DNA repairing.
At the end there are some unnecessary colors, and somewhere in between it all there is one UV filter which is not there to protect our skin, but to protect the product. There is no proof that all these ingredients works, but this serum has had a LOT of loyal users around the world for 30 years and apparently something must be working. Well at least vitamins A, E and caffeine. I like this serum a lot and it`s staying in my night skin care routine.
I bought this serum at a sale, so I paid 40 euros for 30ml and not 66 euros. It really is very expensive but it is worth every penny. I will repurchase it, but in the 50ml version and I will look on Amazon, because there I can get it for much less.


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In the end, Piketty suggests that one of the best solution is a concerted globally-coordinated effort to tax (excessive) wealth, and that ignoring the issue will just result in ever greater compounding of inequality (as long as the r > g dynamic holds). It may be a easy process, but it will not occur randomly. You make it occur by taking motion. A written plan with objectives provides the street map and is a needed first step.
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Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if in case you have solutions to improve this text (requires login). Abbreviated accounts (Corporations Act 2006, section 445(three), Regulation four(three) of the Massive/Medium Firms Accounts Rules 2008 ) and, if the company is not exempt from audit, the particular auditor's report (Firms Act 2006, part 445(four)). The scope and scale of our business will allow you to take your career in an incredible array of instructions.
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A juvenile on the nest shouting for breakfast or at the intruder and a headless corvid on the perch
In reply to patily:
Good morning - I'm late again today!
Logged on @ 10:37hr just in time for a clash with a sibling or a blue-ringed intruder. No IDs.
Tiger's Osprey Info & World Bird Cams
HiSCYLLA and thanks How fortuitous that you looked in at just the right time
patily said:How fortuitous
It was indeed, PATILY! I've been recording ever since, here is a rayzoomay of the past 3 hours up to 14:00hr.
KS1 again:
The cam stayed on the perch, so no fish deliverer captured, but this was the only sighting of the ring, a split second:
Oh no !!! But at least we've seen KS3:
And it was a not-flounder!
Get a grip !!!
To add insult to injury, here comes KS1 (I think!):
I'm not 100% sure who "won" the nest, but they both ended up gone.
KS1 returned to perch for a while:
KS1 returned to perch 2-3 minutes ago (well she got quite a small fish this morning):
Rewarded :)
Just to show Aran, we didn't get a good look at him:
KS1 is still standing there.
VLC froze and I didn't notice. However, my luck is holding today (PATILY ;) ) and look who I found with a flounder when I reconnected?!
KS3, yippee!
Can't do any more snaps, camperson is wedded to the above close-up.
Brilliant! Thanks SCYLLA
At the same time as KS3 had the flounder, KS1 was on the perch with a fish:
The two of them, well set up :)
MrsG joined them:
I think that KS3 had only been toying with it, but she wasn't in full view in the footage I have.
KS3 having lost her fish, she's taking it out on KS1 !!!
I can't get decent snaps, you'll have to watch the <1m video ;)
KS3 was then on and off the perch and nest, did a bit of nestorising, was frustrated and really wanted her fish back, aww :'( Last seen around 20:45hr.
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Wendy's robbed by gunman with gauze bandages covering his face
If you witness a crime, here's what to do
A gunman demanded cash at a northeast Macon fast food restaurant Tuesday night.
Just before 9:30 p.m., a man with gauze bandages covering his face pulled a gun at the counter of the Wendy's at 1073 Gray Highway, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
Several employees were in the fast food restaurant at the time, and a worker at the counter handed over money from the cash register.
The gunman ran out of Wendy's toward the Flash Foods on Gray Highway.
He was described as a black man wearing a black hoodie and blue pants.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Bibb sheriff's office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.
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Altice grows EU footprint, Facebook preps $200 VR headset & on-demand audio soars: this week in media
Altice expands in Portugal
Altice is set to acquire leading Portuguese commercial broadcaster Media Capital Group from Prisa for an enterprise value of €440 million. Read more on DigitalTVEurope >>
Facebook due to launch new $200 Oculus headset
Facebook targets mass market VR by launching a new wireless Oculus headset at a $200 price point. Read more on Bloomberg >>
Facebook: 94% of TV viewers watch with phone in hand
Some 94% of US TV viewers keep their smartphone in hand while watching TV, according to research by Facebook IQ. Read more on Facebook IQ >>
Orange pledges €100m for content creation
Orange has pledged to spend €100 million over the next five years creating TV content, as it launched its new Orange Content division. Read more on DigitalTvEurope >>
On-demand audio streaming hits record high
Audio streaming hit a high point of 7.5 billion weekly streams during the week ending March 9, 2017. That's the first time the figure had ever topped 7 billion, setting a new record - 62.4% higher than last year. Read more on TechCrunch >>


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Union Minister State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya held interaction with party members at the BJP office in Aizawl during his visit to the state of Mizoram on 5th May.
During the interacting, he expressed happiness over the formation of the BJP-led government in the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC). He said six Congress elected members supported the BJP-led government after forming the United Legislature Party (ULP).
"The formation of the BJP-led government, supported by six Congress members in the CADC, signifies the Congress is losing public confidence in Mizoram," Mandaviya said.
Earlier on 4th May, the Union Minister had conducted a review meeting of National Highways works in North Eastern Region (NER) states at Aizawl with special reference to slow and delayed projects. He asked the officers for effective supervision, regular quality check and for ensure timely completion of projects.
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Bangor 90 (5) Lurgan 66 (2)
Lurgan Seniors travelled to Ward Park on Saturday in a battle of newly promoted against defending champions and while Lurgan put in a battling performance to win two rink points the superior strength saw Bangor claim the bonus shots on their two winning rinks to claim the match and the three points it awards.
In a tight start to the game it was level after five ends at 16 each, Bangor put on serious pressure in the middle of the game which saw them take a strong lead which Lurgan could not come back from.
On rink 1 R Boness, E Quinn, P McGrail and skip Alan Briggs started well against Bangor skip M Crawford and only trailed by a single shot after five ends. This would be as close as the Lurgan four would get losing the next five ends losing 14 shots in this period, the Lurgan four battled back from this eventually losing by 10 25-15.
On rink 2, I Mitchell, J McCullough, M Bunting and skip H Cosgrove, were level with the Bangor rink skipped by R Hastings before losing 11 shots in four ends to seal the tie in the home rinks favour eventually losing 34-17.
On rink 3, R McCullough, D McCabrey, J Gilliland and skip M Montgomery won a tight game against Bangor skip G Scott by a single shot.
There was nothing to choose between the two rinks all day as the biggest lead held was three shots after Lurgan won the opening three ends, however the game was tied at 16 all going into the last end, and it would be the Lurgan four who got the shot required to win the rink.
On rink 4 R McClune, R Millar, S Poots and skip A Roberts were leading from the start of the game until the end pulling out an early 7-2 lead and surviving a late rally by the Bangor rink skipped by M Shannon, winning 17-15.
Fixtures this weekend see Lurgan A at home to Divis in a NIBA Division 1 match starting 2.00pm. Lurgan B travel the short distance to Dromore to meet their B team in an NIBA Division 5 match; commencing at 2.00pm.
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Cast for Calendar Girls The Musical coming to Wolverhampton and Birmingham revealed
The cast for Calendar Girls The Musical coming to Wolverhampton and Birmingham has been announced.
The musical, based on a true story, film, and award-winning play by Tim Firth, comes to Birmingham Hippodrome from May 28 to June 8, and then to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from September 24 to 28, and Birmingham Hippodrome.
The new cast includes Sarah Jane Buckley as Annie, Coronation Street'sSue Devaney as Cora, Broadchurch star Julia Hills as Ruth, Cold Feet and Scott and Bailey actress Judy Holt as Marie and Lisa Maxwell as Celia. Ruth Madoc and Rebecca Storm will continue to play Jessie and Chris respectively.
Also in the cast are Phil Corbitt as John, Ian Mercer as Rod, Sebastian Aberneri as Colin, Alan Stocks as Denis, Pauline Daniels as Lady Cravenshire, Ellie Leah as Miss Wilson, Danny Howker as Danny, Isabel Caswell as Jenny and Tyler Dobbs as Tommo.
The musical is inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear nude for a Women's Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a settee for their local hospital, in memory of one of their husbands, and have to date raised almost £5 million for Bloodwise.
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Following Rock Health in the battle for Boston healthcare accelerator supremacy — at least in terms of who got there first — Healthbox recently announced its new class of startups for its Boston incubator program. Companies give up 7% of their ownership in return for $50,000 in cash, a supportive group of mentors, access to potential clients and partners, and office space. Here's the list.
Aavya Health turns lab data into personalized risk scores, with links to education and other resources. Quest and LabCorp seem like good partners for this. I'm totally blanking on the name of another startup (was it in Blueprint or another accelerator?) that was doing something similar based on lab values. Speaking of mobile lab values, I was surprised and impressed to see Quest's Gazelle mobile app in the App Store Top 20 for health and wellness.
Abiogenix is going after medication adherence with a smart pillbox that monitors adherence and sends reminders as needed. It appears that data is transmitted to a mobile device and then sent on from there. I think it would probably work better (and the carriers would love it) to embed a data-only 3G card into the pillbox itself, but the cost difference may be significant. Other smart pillboxes are already on the market, so I'm curious to see how Abiogenix differentiates itself. Signing BCBS (which is a Healthbox partner) as a pilot customer would be one good way.
Bon'App wants to make it easier to find the nutritional content of foods as well as tracking what you eat via web or mobile apps (iOS and Android). Searches can be initiated by typing or by speaking. Voice did not work for me on the web, but it worked great in the iOS app. I searched for "Chipotle" and it brought up a nice list of meal options with basic nutrition info (calories, sugar, salt, and bad fat) on each. Colors (green, yellow, red) are used to denote healthy or unhealthy. The company plans to add recommendations based on location and other social features. It's powered by Nuance for speech and FatSecret for the nutritional database. I use LoseIt! (or at least I did for a while) and learned a ton about the foods that I was eating. Bon'App is going to have to make it very easy for users because it has has to catch LoseIt! and MyFitnessPal, both of which have a nice head start when it comes to users.
GeckoCap is a sensor that fits onto existing asthma inhalers to monitor usage. The target users are pediatric asthmatics. In addition to retroactively providing compliance reports, proactive reminders can also be sent to parents. GeckoCap seems a lot like Asthmapolis, so I imagine the data will also be used for public health purposes.
Gweepi is creating technology to help nursing homes meet reporting requirements of CMS. The company is very focused with its first product, "A disposable patch solution with micro-sensors specifically designed for geriatric patients with incontinence." That's nice and specific. Data collected is automatically sent to CMS and will also be used to provide nursing homes with care plan recommendations.
Healthy Delivery is trying to make it easier to eat healthy. Users pick recipes for a week and the ingredients are delivered to their door. Right now it's just a Shopify site and may remain so for the foreseeable future. I could see integrating well-known chefs like Jamie Oliver to contribute recipes. You still need people to care enough to go to this site, so maybe the company should be targeting moms and making it social so you can follow friends, share recipes, build virtual cookbooks, etc. Lots of other companies have different approaches to this. It will be a land grab to win users.
iQuartic is attempting to build a platform to aggregate clinical content from different systems and provide analytics and dashboards on top of it. iQuartic calls this HIE 2.0. From its website, it looks to be taking data from GE, Allscripts, Meditech, and eClinicalWorks. I'm not sure how new the company or technology is considering the amount of hiring it is doing and the size of the team. It's certainly a good mission. Others, like ForwardHealth, seem very similar.
Smart Scheduling is creating intelligent scheduling software to normalize schedules for provider offices, reducing overbooking and no-shows. The summary says the company will use machine learning to predict patient likelihood of showing up for an appointment. This would be nice, but I'm not sure how much it will lower patient wait times as the company claims.
Uprise Medical is trying to fix patient education. Providers use tablets to educate patients with disease and procedure-specific materials. Those same materials are then e-mailed to the patient so they can review them at home. Considering 1) most patients don't retain what providers tell them and 2) providers are increasingly being seen as educators of patients, the value for something like this is very clear. One of the founders is an ophthalmology resident, so I imagine this will be the specialty where Uprise starts.
Yosko is a mobile front end (specifically iPad) for EMRs. It was developed as part of Harvard innovation lab . I can't tell too much more than that because the description on the website makes Yosko sound like it does almost everything a clinician would need, which seems fairly unlikely. It was developed based on feedback from working residents at Harvard. I love the vision of a well-designed mobile frontend for EMRs, though it's a hard space to get into because you have to work with the EMR vendors and enterprise IT, legal, etc. Harvard will likely help with this. If Yosko is successful, it will be chasing AirStrip, which already has some very strong partnerships and data to backup the efficacy of its platform.
Which of these companies has the best chance for success? Vote here.
Travis Good is an MD/MBA involved with health IT startups. More about me.


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Mark Watson (markwatson)'s status on Friday, 12-Feb-2016 09:49:02 EST Mark Watson Good article on the importance of encryption: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/worldwide-survey-of-encryption-products/
The world economy depends on strong encryption and efforts to place backdoors into encryption products end up helping organized crime and hostile state actors. It is idiotic to acknowledge the need strong encryption for business and at the same time not support it for individuals.
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Mark Watson (markwatson)'s status on Friday, 12-Feb-2016 09:54:59 EST Mark Watson Bob, we can only hope, but we live in a crazy world.


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Cross Cultural Tips for Travelers to Brazil
I was in Brazil for a client last week and came up with a list of tips I would pass along to any business travelers to Brazil:
- Re flying: From the US I would fly United if you can. TAM isn't quite as comfortable (although amazing service!). Within Brazil they're fine and probably the best option to get around the country.
- I really adore Brazil but it also has its challenges. Before you leave, get the immunizations you need (or the minimum you want to get) and carry the little card with you that says what you received. Sometimes they ask to see it in immigration.
- Don't wear a lot of valuables or obvious expensive brand names while traveling at least. I carry a backpack to and from the office with my computer so as not to look too obvious like a "wealthy business person". There is still a lot of poverty and crime in Brazil.
- You should make sure you have a driver that comes recommended by your local office. And if you don't speak Portuguese, make sure the driver speaks whatever language you do speak. English-speakers are rare in Brazil (outside the company) even in hotels, shops, the airport(!) etc. If you speak Spanish or Italian they understand those well, otherwise it's hands and feet.
- The main thing is safety in Sao Paolo (and Brazil generally). Use your driver for all transport everywhere. Don't just walk around the city alone unless you're with colleagues and they say its ok. Brazilians tend to be more worried about your safety than you might be, so follow their lead. Get your colleagues recommendations for transport, hotels, restaurants, etc. They'll steer you right.
- I eat and drink everything in Brazil in hotels and restaurants but you might want to be a little careful of the water. I wouldn't guzzle water from the tap. (I probably wouldn't do that in many places in the US either.) But I eat fresh fruit and veggies everyday, they taste wonderful in Brazil -especially papaya and mango- but they have lots of good salads and greens there, too.
- Things I would bring: a) earplugs (people stay up late and sometimes it gets loud) b) presents for key colleagues who are helpful (be prepared to receive gifts too).
- If you travel there May – October, you need layers and a warm-ish jacket. It's like San Francisco/Peninsula winter, can be 40's but also 70's during the day. (it's winter there now for example) I wore blazers/jackets, scarves and boots with jeans or black pants everyday.
- People are super hospitable and will want to take you out in the evenings. It's a great chance to experience true Latin American social life which is great fun, in my opinion. Take advantage of it!
- Everything is crazy expensive there! But if you like to shop, shoes are the best thing to buy there. Brazilians do all their shopping in the US and you'll see them with huge suitcases at the airport filled with stuff they bought abroad.
- The key cultural value is "friendliness" so take time to talk, socialize, get to know people personally, it makes a huge difference in building trust, doing business and having an overall excellent experience. Negative feedback is rarely given so it will be hard to tell if someone doesn't like something.
- If you're comfortable with it, cheek-kissing and hugs are common, especially among women. Men also touch a bit more, don't take it the wrong way.
Hope this was helpful. Enjoy Brazil! And if you want some more facts about the country and people, please see my Tumblr post: http://global-mind-set.tumblr.com/post/56886917336/6-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-brazil


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Finding a job, especially one you really want, is not easy. But, sometimes, all it takes to get through the door is a bit of imagination, creativity and social-media know-how.
If executed correctly, you could end up like these folks, out of the unemployment line and into the office:
Get my name out there? Check. Looking at you, @DeutschInc @igntn @RGA @TBWAChiatLA. Check your #geofilters at 12pm. pic.twitter.com/MHdbKsX2Bj— Erik Sena (@ErikLSena) May 10, 2016
1. More than a snap.
College graduation is a joyous and terrifying time. While celebrating the completion of all the challenges college presents, it is time to face an even scarier challenge: finding a job in a competitive market.
Though most grads are not lucky enough to think of a solution or path to employment in their sleep, such was the case for San Diego State senior Erik Sena this May.
On the lookout for a job at a marketing firm, Sena got the idea from Snapchat to make an investment on himself. He created a Snapchat filter and ad set for the San Diego area. He used the geofilter to describe himself as a "Copywriter" and "Digital Provocateur."
He then tweeted it out, tagging the companies he would most like to work at, including Deutsch Agency, a marketing firm.
He heard back less than three hours later from the firm and other social media agencies.
Related: Millennials Would Like to Work for You, If They Can Apply on Their Smartphones
2. He really sold himself.
Back in 2011, Josh Butler, an 18 year old from the U.K., needed a job so badly he auctioned himself off eBay for 16,000 euros (P835,050) in 2011. At that point, he had already applied for 600 jobs after completing his standardized tests and left without a single interview to show for it.
He listed his experience, his goals and what he was looking for, and actually ended up with interviews at the department store John Lewis and two different call centers. He eventually got a job as a broker with a local firm.
3. The perfect pin.
Jeanne Hwang wanted to work for Pintrest so badly, in 2012 she opted to transform her CV into an actual Pinterest moodboard.
She did not end up with a job at Pinterest, but the company did take notice. Do not fret, though, she ended up with an offer from a Pinterest analytics company.
Related: 5 Ways to Find Your Dream Job
4. Hacking the hiring process.
Though it would be smart to tread lightly with this one, hacking has worked in favor for some people in the past.
Take for example, Ashley Towns, a 21 year old that built one of the first non-malicious iPhone worms in 2009. The virus changed wallpaper to a photo of "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer Rick Astley. He did not get a job with Apple, but he did become the newest hire at an Australian digital publishing firm—Mongeneration.
In another case, Chris Putnam created a Facebook hack in the same year that made profiles look like Myspace. Though Facebook rep Dustin Moskovitz told him off, he was still impressed. A month later, Putnam had a job offer with the social media giant.
5. Don't take no for an answer.
Nina Mufleh, originally from the Middle East, had tried everything to get into the doors at Airbnb, with no luck.
After living in San Francisco for a year, her sister told her to give up—she had already tried everything. But Mufleh started to wonder, had she really tried everything or was she just doing the same thing over and over expecting different results?
With the help of a designer, she created a CV mirroring the Airbnb website in 2015. But rather than list all the things the company could have found on her LinkedIn page, she instead made a pitch showing what she could do for the company—especially in the Middle East.
After tweeting it out to executives, she heard back from Airbnb's CEO and CMO and had a formal interview almost a week later. She currently works at Upwork.
Copyright © 2016 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
This article originally appeared on Entrepreneur.com. Minor edits have been done by the Entrepreneur.com.ph editors.
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International speaker and presenter, Courtney Kirschbaum is known for smart, insightful, informative content and an engaging, frank manner in her talks and presentations. She leaves audience members galvanized to take action and inspired to go for their most ambitious goals. As one of her audience member's commented "She's so compelling; you can't not listen to her!"
Courtney was one the eWomen Network's Top 5 Speakers in 2013 and was the closing speaker at TEDx Edmonton in 2014.
Working with Millennial college students and recent graduates is another area of specialty for Courtney. Her Success Factor and Survivor: Corporate America programs address the challenges faced by recent graduates and young professionals beginning their careers. She speaks and colleges and universities all over the US and Canada helping student make authentic career choices and conducts workshops teaching success skills and how to develop a high-performance mindset.
Beginning her career as a program manager for global consulting firms, Deloitte, KMPG and BearingPoint, Courtney spent 15 years running key and coaching individuals and teams, she pursued her interest in peak performance and human potential development and she received coaching and development training from Jack Canfield, America's #1 Success Coach, founder of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul©.
Courtney holds a B.S. in Communications and is a post baccalaureate in Information Systems. PMP certified project manager,
Blog – http://courtneykirschbaum.blogspot.com/
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I've had countless people come to me with adrenal issues, niggling injuries and a general apathy and demotivation for training. Actually, it's not just training – it tends to bleed into the rest of their life and sucks the soul out of their personality altogether. But more on that another day..
While a lot of it comes back to poor periodisation and programming – the main underlying issue I see is poor fatigue management.
No, I'm not just talking about getting enough sleep, knocking back your peri workout shakes and hitting your macros. Most of the time, it's not even about periodisation or program design – though that does play into it.
What I'm talking about is the tendency to chase fatigue in the gym – pushing every set to failure or with the overuse of intensifiers like drop sets, forced reps, rest pause etc, and the disregard for what really matters – performance.
Don't get me wrong – there's a time and place to push and for all of the intensifiers – and I absolutely love redlining it – I don't think there's anything quite as satisfying as leaving it all in the gym and stumbling out to the car, only to cramp up, collapse and puke in the middle of the parking lot.
But understand this – no amount of work you can do today will ever equate to, or surpass the amount of work you can do across a week or extended training cycle.
There's a huge component to this that a lot of people overlook – Focusing on Performance and Progressive Overload.
Let's say you did 8 reps at 100kg on a given exercise last week. This week, you hit your 8, and you feel fresh – and knock out 9 or 10 reps and still have more in the tank. You've ticked the box of progressive overload and outdoing your previous performance. Fantastic.
Most people will crank hard at this point – and extend out until they reach complete failure – maybe reaching 15 reps. Fantastic-er – right?
What ends up happening next? You step into the gym next week – and instead of having a manageable goal to hit, you've set the bar unrealistically high for yourself, and there's a good chance instead of getting to 15+ reps – you wind up at 9 or 10 – and fail.
What follows is an 'unsuccessful' training session and lowered training morale – which tends to negatively effect the rest of the session and future sessions.
A better option is to predetermine your targets, hit them, and stop. 9 times out of 10, I'm leaving the gym with plenty left in the tank – and I want my clients to as well. Instead of destroying yourself in the gym – strive for consistent progression. If you get an extra rep or two out than the previous week, and you KNOW you had more in you – that will fuel your fire for next week. This builds momentum and motivation, whilst avoiding injury and burnout from redlining every single session.
Just because you're feeling 'on' on a given day, doesn't mean you should drive yourself into the ground. As satisfying as it may feel, you don't need that excruciating pump or to be completely wiped at the end of your session to progress.
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Pathmark Stores ptmk is off $1.58, or 19.8 percent, to $6.38, after the Carteret, N.J., supermarket operator disclosed the departure of Jom Donald, its chairman, president and CEO. Donald left the company to take a position as president, North America, with Starbucks SBUX, +1.04%. Pathmark named Eileen Scott CEO, and Chief Financial Officer Frank Vitrano to the added positions president and chief administrative officer. Scott most recently served as executive vice president, store operations with Pathmark. Starbucks' shares are down $1.45, or 6.2 percent, to $21.96.
Pathmark loses CEO/Chairman Jim Donald
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Our client decided to run a massive free concert of popular US Rap and Hip Hop musician.
The offline campaign was outsourced to a local PR agency.
The online PR activities like event information submission to different lists, online press contacts, and Facebook/Instagram advertising was passed to WiserBrand in a month before the concert starts.
Additionally, all the media materials and texts must be approved by the client which usually took a lot of time.
The WiserBrand team created and executed a custom concert promotion plan:
- Created the list of local websites publishing information about upcoming events.
- Contacted websites' webmasters with media materials and event venue.
- Provided additional information if needed for the event announcements to be published
- Created the list of online local news agencies
- Contacted editors with the press releases
- Provided additional details about the venue as well as information about press and photographers passports on the event.
- Set up the event pages and added event posts on the most popular social media: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
- Researched target audience on Facebook and Instagram for paid promotion.
- Developed promotional plans and defined budgets as well as expected result for each promotional activity: text ads, video ads, posts' boosts and sponsored posts.
- Assisted on the creation of event website and FAQ section.
With our help, the client successfully launched an online promo of the upcoming concert not looking at the late start. With the budget of $1000 we managed to reach more than 100000 of local citizens on the event page:
Website event promotion with Facebook Pixel tracking with the budget of $5000:
There has been a good press exposure, and a lot of journalists attended the client's event. Several news agencies ran banner ads for free for two weeks before the concert. Over 30 announcements about the show were published on main event platforms.
Our team has developed a digital marketing strategy to attract more visitors to the online concert.
With minimum resources and limited budgets, we executed an online event promotion campaign. According to the client as the result of our and offline team activities, we attracted more than 250,000 local citizens.
Additionally, during the event promotion period and a couple of months after it, the Client reported significant growth in the sales: +300% of calls each day. Moreover, the event created a positive image for the client and his team making them closer to their clients - more positive reviews and feedbacks on the main review platforms and social media.


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Not only did this smell delicious, it tasted delicious. It is a super easy recipe to make if you use already cooked chicken. You can cook the chicken beforehand or buy the chicken precooked. The original recipe called for shrimp, but since I'm allergic I substituted chicken instead.
Thai Coconut Noodles (GF)
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- Rice noodles
- 1-2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 green onion finely diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped or grated (I used ginger paste)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 can coconut milk (I used a cup of regular coconut milk)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 thinly sliced red bell pepper (I omitted)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons GF soy sauce
- 2 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce
- Shredded Chicken
- 1 lime
- Garnish with fresh basil or cilantro, bean sprouts, or thinly sliced red onions
- (I added chopped zucchini and spinach)
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- Boil the noodles according to the package
- While water is boiling, prep the green onions, ginger, garlic, and red bell pepper
- In a deep pan, heat the oil
- Add the green onions and ginger and saute, then add the garlic and red curry paste
- Add the coconut milk, water and chicken broth and bring to a simmer, stirring
- Once gently simmering add the bell pepper, soy, fish sauce, sugar and chili garlic sauce
- Add the shredded chicken and mix (I then added the spinach and zucchini.)
- Squeeze the lime
- Drain the noodles then toss the noodles right into the pan and mix well
- Garnish with fresh basil, bean sprouts, and thinly sliced red onion
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The State of Florida offers a wide variety of incentives to encourage new business and industry and job creation. Those incentives and others are available to qualifying businesses locating in the Towns of Dundee/Lake Hamilton Area.
Most of the state's incentives are awarded to employers based on paying a minimum of 115% of the average annual county wages.
The average annual wage for Polk County is $35,800 or $17.21 an hour, so 115% of the average wage would be $41,170 or $19.79 an hour. Incentive levels rise at 150% ($53,700 or $25.93) and 200% ($71,600 or $34.42) of average wages.


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People ask me all the time if I know the exact days until my wedding. I can usually answer without a second to question; Thirty-Three days and counting. Time seems to speed up once you get into the last two months before your big day. This is the time where I start to lose my mind, all the things I left until the end, now is the time. I am a procrastinator, relax now and do later. There are things that have come and gone which I would have passed up on to unwind thinking I would complete later; not realizing that later has come. Trying to lock down last minute accessories, garments, décor, musicians, is not a fun ride. Now knowing the exact days until my wedding at any given time, you should think I would have known that time was running out. Part of me did, and the other parts of me choose to ignore it. With so much on my mind at once, the last thing I wanted to do was focus on things such as how we would carry out our first dance as a married couple. Ignorance is bliss, right? No, not when it all falls on your lap again and this time there is no way to veer past it.
Procrastination is a terrible thing and I am very good at it. There are times when it doesn't matter as much and then there are times when it drives away the important choices. When you are trying to plan a wedding, procrastination can be your worst enemy. You may not realise how fast time actually slips by and then before you get back around to that one undealt with choice, it's too late. For instance, your first dance as a married couple is an important one, a special and symbolic dance. I of course want it to be glamorous but the truth is, I don't dance. This has added to my anxieties every time I was presented with the opportunity to address it. I would shrug it off thinking that I had time to figure it all out. Now I am in the last stretch before my wedding and I haven't given a single thought towards it. This of course is something that should have been mulled over months before and if I had then I would be ready.
Now this could become a humongous disaster come time for us to actually step on the dancefloor. Seeming as neither my husband to be or I know much about dancing at all. Of course the key to all of this was not procrastinating to begin with, but we are here now and we need to figure out solutions. Finding last minute solutions for anything wedding related can be a nightmare. These things take time and thought, most of what is on the planning list is not thrown together overnight. That is why procrastination is a deadly thing, once an item pops up on your to do list, you should simply get to work on it. However, if you procrastinate, you look at it and throw it aside thinking you will make your way back to it.
I have learnt over the course of a few months that you simply must look it dead on and be completely honest with yourself. You are procrastinating, and will likely never make the time needed to complete the task at hand unless you do it now. Stop to take a breath and realise that what you need to do is not all that hard. Just take the first step, to get a head start. One of my favourite quotes that have helped me through my mistakes and my hesitations is from Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
Stop thinking and start doing. The perfect plan doesn't exist; you can't constantly throw things to the side for later review. This is a mixture for unwanted stress, something that shouldn't be present on your wedding day. Apply this to much more than just wedding planning, I would advise you to take this with you into your marriage as well.


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Technichem was founded in 1968 by Jack P. Rencher. In 2010, he passed away at the age of 88. Jack had a long and varied history of sales, from vacuum cleaners, real estate and chemicals, to cars and trucks. Technichem started in a small building in downtown Boise, Idaho, blending and formulating its own line of cleaners and specialty chemicals. Some of these original formulations are still in use today.
Drox, our first product, is one of the formulas we are still blending today. The current formula remains very close to the original, with just some minor improvements to the ingredients. Our second product, El-Bo Grez continues to be one of Technichem's leading sellers. Undoubtedly, El-bo Grez is one of the most versatile products currently on the market. El-bo Grez will clean anything from floors; saw blades, smoke filters, shower stalls and apple waxing equipment. If it is dirty, just put El-bo Grez to it.
Technichem is currently formulating and blending more than 100 different products for all types of cleaning and maintenance needs. We provide products that will clean the dirtiest equipment to washing the most delicate hands. If you have a special or unfilled need in cleaning and maintenance, give us a chance to assist you. Several of our products were originally formulated to address a specific customer's need to get something clean. These products are now available to all.
In today's clean environment, Technichem continually looks at new and old environmentally safe products to support a healthy and clean earth.
After 50 years, we are still in Boise, Idaho and locally owned and operated. Technichem is now operating in a 12,500 square foot production facility that is only a few miles from our original downtown Boise location.
We are committed to purchasing our raw materials from American-based producers and suppliers. Realizing we operate in a global economy, Technichem pledges to support local and American- based businesses first.


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Forest Green - Dark Blue Oversized Clutch
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An oversized, security blanket leather clutch featuring a top zip closure. High polish hardware. 2 interior pockets. Fully lined. Lightweight.
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- 14" H x 19.25" W
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge in North Carolina has sided with MERS, the national mortgage registry, and JPMorgan Chase Bank in a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina homeowner who claimed fraud.
Judge Terrence W. Boyle for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Eastern Division granted defendants JPMorgan Chase Bank and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.'s motion to dismiss and fellow defendant Trustee Services of Carolina LLC's motion to dismiss.
The judge, in his Oct. 22 ruling, dismissed plaintiff James Porterfield's claims against the defendants.
In Porterfield v. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Inc. MERS, et al, the plaintiff, a Butner, N.C., homeowner, brought several counts, including "fraud by use of MERS," alleging that the mortgage registry could neither be a named beneficiary nor a nominee of a lender in the deed.
Porterfield also claimed that the "the hidden purpose of MERS is to defraud borrowers and the clerks of court by hiding the true owners of secured interests on property in opposition to common law policies and the laws of North Carolina, and that all transfers of the deed or the note by MERS are void."
Boyle, in his 12-page order, found that "despite the plaintiff's contention to the contrary, the deed unequivocally identifies MERS and its position."
Additionally, the judge ruled that "the plaintiff has failed to uncover any case finding that MERS violates North Carolina law whereas several other courts have held that MERS is lawful and accordingly has the authority to assign it rights under deeds of trust."
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MERSCORP Holdings Vice President for Corporate Communications Janis Smith said Thursday the ruling serves as a reminder that prior case law has been settled.
"Courts have consistently found that MERS has authority to assign its rights under deeds of trust," she said in a statement.
"MERS has legal authority to act on behalf of the lender -- including the right to execute the assignment -- and this authority is granted by plain language in the mortgage document signed at closing by the borrower."
MERSCORP and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. were formed in 1995 to facilitate the growing mortgage finance market.
The privately-held electronic registry is designed to track servicing rights and ownership of mortgage loans in the United States.
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Bedside table, Chateau French Provincial Open bedside table
Product code : CSBS007
This beautiful Open Bedside table is inspired from the great French Style of Furniture. The Open table can be used for keeping your phone, a beautiful lamp, plant or as a regular bedside table. The table is coming in beautiful traditional white finish body with the top of the table in Ash finish. The combination itself adds royal class in the place it is kept and just gets better with the age. Eye-catchy style of legs of the table is inspired from Saber Style of legs and curved in convex shape from the knee of it and concave from the toe of it. A noticeable; similar to heart shape is made in between the front and back legs of the table. Complete Table is handcrafted from Solid Mango Wood which ensures long life of it.
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