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A dog owner has offered a £50,000 reward after thieves held his children at knifepoint and stole 11 puppies.
Mark Orley, 44, has taken the law into his own hands with a desperate appeal to get his seven French Bulldog and four Dachshund puppies back.
He said his daughter, 13, and son, 16, were looking after the dogs at their Loughton, Essex, home when three men, pretending to be from British Gas, knocked on their door.
Mark initially offered £20,000 for 'one name', and added: 'I will deal with it myself'.Jacob Leeks Mogg 'vegges out' in the House of Commons
Posting on social media, Mark said: 'Reward increased to £50,000. For the safe return of my puppies.
'These puppies could die in the next 24 hours as four of them are away from their mother's milk and too young to be weaned.'
Mark said on Tuesday: 'I'm absolutely heartbroken. It is horrendous what I'm going through I can't leave my house without fear of it happening again. They are cowards.
'I only left it unattended for two hours. I don't usually go out, due to the puppies. The children have gone to their mums because they are scared to live in the house at the moment.
'I now want them to ring me before they answer the door to anyone.'
The Dachshund puppies are only 11 days old, while the French Bulldog puppies are seven weeks old.
He explained that he went to the airport to drop of a friend when his son called and told him what happened.
Mark continued: 'When I returned I saw the police and heard the puppies had been taken. I was told by my children that it was three boys aged 20-25 who claimed they were from British Gas and said there was a gas leak in the area.
'My son noticed one of them had a mask and tried to close the door, which ended up in a struggle and a knife got pulled out.
'They put the seven French Bulldogs and four Dachshunds into my girlfriend's Mulberry handbag and left.'
Mark, who has been a dog breeder for nine years, said in the video: '£20,000 reward Essex area. These dogs too hot to handle.David Cameron says Boris Johnson only backed Leave to further his career
'They have been stolen from my house this morning with my two kids being held at knifepoint by three black people.
'Only been out the house less than an hour. Get sharing and tagging people because I won't be resting until I get these b*******.
'I live in a close where everyone has cameras. Police there now who will be the checks on all the motorways. All I want is a name inboxed.'
Mark said the Dachshund mum had been 'crying for her pups all night'.
A spokesman for Essex Police said the force was investigating the incident.Boris Johnson chills out by walking his dog in his boxer shorts
He said: 'We are investigating following a burglary in Loughton where a number dogs were stolen.
'Three men forced their way into an address in Hogarth Reach at around 2pm on Monday, 29 October. They threatened someone inside before stealing a number of French Bulldog and Dachshund puppies.'
If you saw or heard anything, have CCTV, were driving in the area and have dash cam footage or have any information please call us on 101 quoting the crime reference number 42/157577/18.
Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers 100 per cent anonymously on 0800 555 111.
This incident follows on from another in Greater Manchester on Saturday where eight newborn French Bulldog puppies were stolen by two armed men.
Six out of eight puppies taken died, but the two others have since been renuited with their mum.
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Suffering is not a topic for discussion as much as it is a reality each person must face.[1] Yet, we tend to do little to prepare our hearts for it.
You should actively be grounding yourself biblically and theologically in order to face suffering. Failing to do so is like a man who must run a marathon but doesn't train for it. His lack of preparation results in disorienting exhaustion and, at worst, total collapse.
In this article, I want to focus on what has been revealed to us in Scripture and how that should instruct us about suffering and grief. The Bible teaches us to get as much Christ-exalting meaning out of suffering as we can. We need to see how Christ meets us in these moments of great darkness.
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When you need air conditioning, heating, or other HVAC services in Northwest Arkansas, it can be tough to choose the best HVAC contractor for your needs. You want skilled HVAC technicians who can do a good job on your heating and cooling systems. You want an HVAC contractor with integrity. And you want good value, an energy efficient system, and confidence that you're getting the right system for your needs at a fair price.
How can you tell? Heating and air conditioning repair and installation aren't topics that most of us think about a lot. We don't learn about these things in school. So it can be difficult to judge whether you can trust the company that gives you the lowest bid — or even the company that gives you the highest bid.
Here's a checklist of things to look for when you're interviewing HVAC companies:
- Choose a contractor with a solid track record. New companies may be able to do a good job, but a company like Air Dynamics with decades of experience and plenty of great references is a safer choice.
- Ask about credentials. Your contractor should be able to share their licenses and credentials and to tell you want kind of training and experience technicians have had.
- Make sure your contractor does a load calculation for your home. Even if you've had this done before, there may be changes. You (or just time) might have made changes that increase your home's efficiency or increase your needs. If your contractor just estimates based on square footage or rules of thumb, you can't be confident that you're getting the right system for your needs.
- Your HVAC technician should be able to answer your questions about heating, cooling, and ductwork. At Air Dynamics, we also make a point of asking you questions and listening to you. Diagnosing the cause of a problem you're experiencing is an important part of the discussion about whether you need a repair or a new system.
- Every home or place of business is different, so your HVAC contractor shouldn't have a one-size-fits-all solution in mind before you describe your needs. If you call for HVAC service and get a salesman rather than a technician, you may have someone who wants to sell you a new system even if that's not what you need.
- You should get full information on how to maintain your system, including information about pre-season maintenance or maintenance packages available.
- Your contractor and technicians should be courteous and professional in behavior, and you should not have to clean up after them. That should go without saying… but sometimes it doesn't.
- Look for expert knowledge. Your contractor should be able to tell you about different options, including heat pumps and central heating. If you don't know what kind of system you currently have (gas or electric, for example), the technician visiting your home should be able to determine that for you. Be sure to let the HVAC professionals you're talking with know whether you have pets, and tell them about any work you've had done on your heater before. If a technician isn't interested in this information, they may not be as expert as you'd like.
- Can your technician give you an idea about the savings you can expect from a more energy-efficient system? Does your contractor know about the tax credits and subsidies available in Northwest Arkansas? This is information you need to make sure you get the best value, and your HVAC expert should have that information.
- Look for an HSPF (Heat Seasonal Performance Factor) rating of 8 or more for a heat pump. 7.7 is the minimum, and it may be fine for your needs. Gas filters are gauged by their AFUE (Average Fuel Utilization Efficiency). This is a less common or well-known rating system. It's expressed in percentages.
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- For air conditioning, you have the option of choosing central air, a heat pump which takes care of both heating and cooling, or split ductless systems. If you need a repair for a current system, you just need to know that your HVAC technician can repair the type of system you have. If you're considering a new or upgraded system, you should be able to get a clear comparison of all three types from your technician.
- Air conditioning systems should have a SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating) of 13 or better.
- Your HVAC tech should be certified to work with refrigerant.
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- Energy-efficient HVAC for small business
- Indoor Air Quality
- HVAC 101: The Basics
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Today's podcast is an episode that was originally recorded on Tony Wrighton's Zestology. We discuss stress and how your cortisol rhythm changes throughout the day. Most people think that cortisol is evil and that it's what causes their belly fat and if they can just get rid of their high cortisol, they will feel magical. The truth is that many people have low cortisol when we run an Adrenal Stress Profile test on them and that LOW cortisol is the real issue that causes their symptoms of fatigue.
Initially, people thrive with the onset of stress. The new job or stressful situation such as moving into a new city can cause people to feel alive; temporarily. Eventually the endorphin and cortisol high wears off and people begin to progress into deeper stages of adrenal fatigue.
There are several supplements including Vitamin C Tonic that I use personally and have my clients take to support adrenal and immune health. These are the small baby steps that can tend to push people in the direction of healing.
We also discuss lifestyle measures and how important it is to remove negative people from your life. If you feel drained after spending time with someone, it's not always true, but it could be that this person is toxic to you and that you need to distance yourself from them.
It's hard when the people you love the most are the ones that bring you down, but I encourage you to limit the dosage of negativity you are exposed to from all sources. If you take this one lesson from today's podcast, you will improve your health.
It's not how many things you need in life to bring you up, but rather how many negative sources of energy are bringing you down.
Enjoy this episode and if you are ready to schedule your 15 minute free call with me to discuss your health symptoms and goals, you can do that right here.


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What I learned about earthernware cooking vessels
What I learned about earthernware cooking vessels.
One cold December many years ago, I was staying in the Catalan city of Lleida. My hotel was next door to one of those gigantic Carrefour supermarkets and as a cook I like places like that as I enjoy not only seeing what is for sale, but also noticing what people buy. It speaks volumes to me about what goes on in a society.
However my favourite aisle soon became the aisle of traditional cookware. This consisted of all shapes and depths of paella pans, brown earthenware jugs for wine and many sizes and depths of brown earthenware, only-glazed-on-the-inside dishes. I thought these very picturesque, very folkloric, ridiculously cheap and a groovy addition to any dinner party. They were similar to the ones I had seen in the Campo di Fiore market in Rome and in markets in Tuscany.
The next day I went to my hosts, the Pons family's olive mill for an olive oil tasting and lunch. Upstairs from the mill is a tasting room with a big fire in one corner and a kitchen where I was introduced to Isabella and Pepita, who, I was told, were employed by the Pons to cook traditional Catalan food. I couldn't believe my luck, I had stumbled onto what was in effect cooking demonstrations by experts. I hastily got out my notebook after asking if they didn't mind me watching. With typical generosity they invited me to watch as they made lunch and ask as many questions as I liked.
To my alarm the first thing Isabella did was put one of the beautiful shallow earthenware dishes, like the ones I had seen at Carrefour, directly onto a low gas flame. She added olive oil and diced pork and merrily proceeded to fry it until it was golden brown. This turned out to be the basis of a delicious stew we ate later. I stood there waiting for the earthenware dish to fly apart from the heat. This didn't happen and I was to see them use these earthenware dishes over the gas for almost all of their cooking.
These dishes have obviously been used since antiquity and are very efficient heat conductors which brown beautifully and hold their heat like any heavy metal vessel.
It would seem that the English and their Kiwi descendants have forgotten the use of earthenware cooking vessels. They are still used in Europe and Asia. The historian in me tried to work out why and could only imagine that the industrial revolution which was centred in Britain meant that metal cooking vessels became commonplace, but who knows.
These same Spanish dishes, (casolas and cazuelas), are now readily available in New Zealand. It would be a shame if people only thought of them as serving dishes. They are made to go on the heat and be cooked in. That they have such a rustic charm is a bonus, because they also make attractive serving dishes.
Some say they must be soaked in water before use but I have never bothered and Isabella and Pepita certainly didn't mention this when they gave me detailed instructions on using them.
What they did say was to heat them slowly as they will crack with rapid extremes of temperature, which happened to one I was using at a cooking demo once when I nervously didn't pay attention to the heat. Kind of embarrassing. Also do not use too high heat with them as they become so hot that a stew will continue to boil quite a long time after it is removed from the heat.
The following is my version of a very typical Spanish dish cooked in a cazuela.
Paprika Chicken and Pumpkin
4 tablespoons olive oil
6 skinned boned chicken thighs, each sliced in half across the grain of the meat
2 red onions, chopped
1 stick celery, thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon sweet smoked Spanish paprika
1 tablespoon cumin seeds, toasted until fragrant in a dry frying pan over moderate heat
¼ cup currants
400g peeled, seeded pumpkin, cut into 4 cm dice
500ml chicken stock
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped flat leafed parsley
Put the cazuela onto low heat and add the oil.
Put the chicken into the cazuela and turn the heat up to moderate. Gently bring the cazuela up to heat and brown the chicken.
Add the onions, celery and garlic.
Fry gently for about 10 minutes until the onions are soft.
Add the paprika, cumin, currants, pumpkin, and stock.
Mix well, bring to the boil, keeping the heat moderate.
Simmer 20 minutes until the pumpkin is tender and the mixture thick.
Taste and season.
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It's so hard to describe what we do
I get a ton of spam marketing all kinds of fitness crap. I can tell what they're all doing - just doing a google search for "gyms near boulder" and then putting my email in their auto responders.
If they took any time to read the blog they'd know that I'm totally against the standard model of fitness. But they're all too lazy for that.
I generally just ignore the emails because as soon as you reply, they know there's a warm body on the other end and you'll never get rid of them. However, there's one that just won't stop even though I haven't replied - their emails go into the abyss, but they keep coming.
I'm really annoyed by these folks because their business model is exactly the opposite of what we do - and they'd know that if they did a little research. They've done a tiny bit of work to know that they should tailor their email to mention "kettlebells," but that's it.
The fitness industry is all about offering some kind of drop-in-any-time-you-want group class. You go in, get your random workout, leave sweaty and tired. But you don't get any fitter. There is no loyalty - the instructors don't care if it's a class of newbs or veterans; they do the same thing every time. The customers don't care where they go, as long as they can leave sweaty and tired. There's no progression, no learning, no growth.
The business model of this place that keeps emailing me is that they get millennial hipsters to pay them a monthly fee and then they can go to any participating gym for a drop-in. They charge about $10-$15 a class. I'm sure they keep half and the other half goes to the gym. So that's like $5 a person.
I love when I get a new person, because I get to introduce them to how we do things. A new person takes almost all of my attention in class. But it's worth it if they understand what we do and join. I don't want to get a flood of folks who just randomly try a class. I'd either have to spend all of my time with them neglecting you guys or I'd have to dumb down my programming so that any random drop-in could do it with no instruction. Either way, you'd lose.
But isn't it good marketing? No, not for the kind of folks who'd like what we do. It takes a while to understand what we do. I love when we get a new person to try us out, but inside I always feel bad because no matter when someone drops in, the workout isn't representative of what we do. Any single workout looks random and has lots of technical things to learn. No one workout that we do can capture our programming; you have to look at it as a whole to understand it.
Our approach to fitness is really about teaching you how to get fit and then progressing you every time you come in to learn something new. Writing the programming for you is nontrivial. I have to make it so that anyone can start any time, miss an arbitrary number of workouts, and still get stronger and healthier. I'm so happy that we have a strong community of people that understand this and keep coming back for more. Even you who put up with my experimental programs that aren't as well thought out.


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Last night, I broke up with this guy I've been seeing for 2 months. It could not have been better. Seriously, the most perfect courtship. But we knew we had no future together because I'm religious and he's not and we knew it was never going to work in the long-run. It was only 2 months but things felt so right.
Plus, I'm having the worst period of my life right now and oh yeah, my IUD that I got put in last week? It's coming out, so I need to schedule an emergency doctors appointment before I go away on a trip on Thursday. I'm going to be traveling for 3 weeks, so I'm paranoid it's going to come out again while I'm gone (and out of the country). I guess this whole breakup was well-timed though and this trip will distract me and help me find some direction because I'm feeling pretty fucking lost and confused at the moment.
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Have you ever found yourself googling "why racism is real" or "misogyny stats" in order to underscore a point you're trying to make online or in person, when the person debating you just won't believe you? It's really hard to do it in the moment!
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Review: 'Maze Runner' gets an exciting yet bloated final chapter in 'Death Cure'
'Maze Runner: The Death Cure,' starring Dylan O'Brien, is the last film in the sci-fi series based on James Dashner's 'Maze Runner' novels. USA TODAY
If ever a movie desperately demanded a "Previously on …" opening, it's Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
The action-adventure franchise based on James Dashner's post-apocalyptic young-adult novels enjoyed a nice groove with the first two movies, even surpassing the hit Hunger Games in quality. Then an accident happened with main Maze star Dylan O'Brien on the Death Cure set, shutting down production and causing a delay of nearly a year, slowing that momentum.
Thankfully, O'Brien is back as heroic youngster/chosen one Thomas, throwing himself into derring-do yet also dealing with moral quandaries in Death Cure (★★½ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Friday). But while the third chapter is certainly entertaining — and quite explosive — it has definitely lost some steam.
More: Dylan O'Brien says 'Maze Runner' no longer 'tainted' by set injury
Also: How Dylan O'Brien leaned on his dad to pull him through 'American Assasin'
This one's an overlong affair that other books-to-movies franchises probably would have tried to stretch into two projects. There's just not enough stuff to warrant a fourth film, and too much exposition to wrap up in two-and-a-half hours.
After escaping a dangerous maze in the first film, Thomas (O'Brien), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and friends navigated the desolate hellscape of what's left of America in sequel The Scorch Trials, the result of the Flare virus that zombified most of the population. Safely holed up behind gigantic walls in a Utopian metropolis known as the Last City, the organization WCKD is working on the cure, though in a most villainous way: engaging in horrifying tests on teenagers like Thomas who are immune to the disease and also playing God in determining who's worth sacrificing for the greater good.
The bright lights and high-class civilization of Last City contrasted with the rising furor of the unwashed masses outside gives Death Cure a whiff of culture-war relevance for anybody paying attention to the news lately. Thomas needs to break his old pal Minho (Ki Hong Lee) out of WCKD's clutches, and in doing so comes face to face with love interest Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), who seemingly betrayed Thomas and her friends to work with the bad guys at the end of Scorch Trials.
Director Wes Ball opens the new film with a speeding-train heist and later unleashes falling buildings, riotous chaos, airborne buses and more action-film extravaganza than in the previous Maze Runner films. Yet the tighter storytelling of those chapters ultimately comes undone in Death Cure with its glut of characters and various plot threads.
Related: Final 'Maze Runner' kicks off a busy year of young-adult movie adaptations
Earlier: 10 must-see films of 2018, from the new 'Fantastic Beasts' to 'Mary Poppins'
The core group of young cast members lends a rugged vibrancy to the familiar zombie violence and "down with The Man!" revolution, and the old folks aren't too shabby either. Giancarlo Esposito's resistance leader Jorge and Patricia Clarkson's complicated WCKD guru Ava unfortunately don't get enough to do. But Aidan Gillen oozes punchable antagonism as Ava's No. 2, Janson, and Walton Goggins shows up as a noseless, scarred underworld figure so freakily magnetic that you immediately want to spend the rest of the movie hanging with him.
While the final Maze Runner is a rough go at times, it nevertheless sticks the landing, with a forgivable bit of wobble.


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As climate change rumbles on at an increasingly alarming pace and meteorological disasters and anomalies continue to abound, more and more people are becoming more and more preoccupied with curbing their own carbon footprint.
One of the principal ways to do this is to reduce the emissions caused by the transport we use. While getting from A to B is an essential part of everyday life, it doesn't necessarily have to cost Mother Earth. Public transport, cycling and walking are all environmentally-friendly methods of getting around, while the advent of the zero-emissions car could be an invaluable breakthrough in reining in those exhaust fumes.
But what actually is meant by a zero-emissions car? Is the idea even possible? And what does the future hold? If you're still in doubt about questions such as these, this blog should help to shine a light on the matter.
Well-to-wheel emissions
The term "zero-emissions vehicle" was coined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and at its creation, referred only to tailpipe emissions, or those produced during operation of the car. Because electric vehicles (EVs) depend upon battery power, they do not emit any harmful fumes from their exhaust pipe.
However, this definition neglects to include the emissions produced in creating the electricity in the first place. If produced at a fossil fuel plant, the advantages gained from an EV are only local in nature. Furthermore, the title "zero-emissions car" also fails to take into account the pollution produced when the car itself is manufactured, which can be considerable. These well-to-wheel emissions do not figure in the standard definition of a zero-emissions car.
Finally, wear and tear of brake pads and tyres contributes to dust on the roads and particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) pollution in the air. These are tiny particles which are small enough to be inhaled into the human body and even enter the bloodstream, causing serious cardiovascular and respiratory problems.
In a similar vein, it can be argued that even cycling does not constitute entirely zero-emissions transport – both in terms of brake/tyre dust and, to be blunt, any methane emissions from the user's personal tail-pipe!
Changing for the future
Of course, the root source of fuel and the emissions caused during manufacture are concerning issues which require further investigation, but if we are someday able to successfully transition away from fossil fuels and other damaging sources of energy altogether, this would eliminate the first problem entirely.
Nullifying the emissions produced during the construction process may be a tougher nut to crack, but building zero-emissions vehicles is still far preferable to building new petrol or diesel ones. Newer, less polluting fuel sources (such as hydrogen, biofuel, solar, wind and wave) can be implemented at various stages throughout the whole vehicular cycle to diminish emissions as much as is practically possible.
Lastly, the pollution caused by brake and tyre damage is not strictly an emission and although concerning, the government already outlined a plan to tackle the problem earlier this year. So while the paradigm of a zero-emissions car might not be possible (yet) in terms of well-to-wheel emissions, 100% battery and hydrogen EVs certainly qualify as zero-emissions cars from a tailpipe perspective.
Doing our bit
With that in mind, Green Tomato Cars are dedicated to mucking in and doing our bit to help transition towards a cleaner, greener tomorrow. With the largest fleet of low- and zero-emissions private hire vehicles in London, we are able to offer our customers an eco-friendlier alternative to a standard black cab or getting behind the wheel themselves.
What's more, our network of relationships and contacts across the globe mean we can help you get to where you need to go – wherever that may be – without compromising your carbon footprint. To learn more about what we do, or to book your next journey with us right away, get in contact with us today. We're waiting to hear from you.
Relevant news articles
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Nandrolone Cypionate first appeared in the 1960's around the same time as Nandrolone Decanoate, but would enjoy short-lived success on the human pharmaceutical market. Nandrolone Decanoate, best known by the trade name Deca Durabolin has largely dominated the human Nandrolone marketplace along with Durabolin (Nandrolone Phenylpropionate). However, while short lived on the human market Nandrolone Cypionate has enjoyed some success on the veterinarian market under the name Dynabol.
Dynabol first appeared though the veterinarian compounding group Jurox in Australia but would vanish from the market in 2001. In 2002, SYD Group in Australia would obtain all Jurox rights and reintroduce the Dynabol product, but this time under the name Anabolic DN and Anabolic NA. SYD group would also begin manufacturing a much stronger Nandrolone Cypionate, which it introduced to the Mexican veterinarian drug market. However, this venture was short lived as the U.S. DEA charged SYD Group with illegally exporting the compound from Mexico to the U.S. market for off label human use. Since that time the compound can only be found in Australia and under very tight control.
While no legitimate pharmaceutical, human or veterinarian Dynabol exists, at least no longer under that brand name, Nandrolone Cypionate can still be found. However, it is a very rare mixture of Nandrolone and largely not sought after as there is so much Nandrolone Decanoate and Nandrolone Phenylpropionate on the market. However, you will find some Underground Labs (UGL's) that make it and regardless of the brand in question most all refer to all Nandrolone Cypionate as Dynabol.
For all intense purposes, Dynabol is identical to Deca Durabolin. The total Nandrolone traits will be the same, the possible side effects are identical and the end results should be a mirror. The only notable difference is the Cypionate ester is slightly smaller than the Decanoate ester, which will give Dynabol a slightly faster release time, but not by much. The difference in these two compounds on a functional basis is meaningless. The individual could use Dynabol or Deca Durabolin in a performance or therapeutic setting and receive the same results.
Dynabol represents an anabolic androgenic steroid comprised of the Nandrolone hormone. Nandrolone is a hormone that belongs to the 19-nortestosterone (19-nor) class, which infers that it is the testosterone hormone lacking a carbon atom at the 19th position. While this is a slight change to the testosterone hormone, it creates a very unique hormone in Nandrolone. Nandrolone is slightly more anabolic than testosterone carrying a rating of 125, but it is also far less androgenic carrying a rating of 37. With Dynabol, we then have the Nandrolone hormone attached to the rather large Cypionate ester, which is attached in order to control the hormone's release time. Once in the bloodstream, the ester begins to detach and the hormone is released into the body. Due to its design, this will cause a sharp spike in Nandrolone the first 48 hours post injection followed by a slow continuous release of the hormone for approximately two weeks.
As a therapeutic agent, Nandrolone is one of the more beneficial anabolic steroids we have at our disposal. However, as Dynabol was only used in human medicine for a short time its use here may seem irrelevant. However, by understanding the Nandrolone hormone as a whole we can better understand Dynabol. The Nandrolone hormone has proven beneficial in the following treatment plans:
Nandrolone has also been shown to hold an enormous amount of potential in therapeutic rejuvenation plans, and is sometimes prescribed by varying hormone replacement clinics. However, this practice is far more common outside the U.S. as the U.S. tends to be many years behind in anabolic steroid research compared to most of the world. This is largely due to strict government regulation that has prevented such research, but rejuvenation therapy with Nandrolone appears to be promising and when we examine the specific traits of Dynabol you'll understand why.
Dynabol like all Nandrolone compounds carries several specific steroidal traits that largely define its total mode of action. They are not necessarily unique to the Nandrolone hormone, but there are two in particular that give this steroid an edge over many others. It will be these traits that also make Dynabol a very valuable commodity in performance enhancing circles, so much so that Nandrolone is one of the most sought after anabolic steroids by steroid users .The primary traits of Dynabol include:
Protein represents the primary building block of muscle. It is not the only necessary part of the equation, but it is imperative. Protein synthesis represents the rate by which cells build proteins, as this is enhanced, so is our ability to build and preserve lean tissue. Growth can now occur, recovery is improved and a better athlete developed. This will also greatly benefit any patient suffering from a muscle wasting disease or a geriatric patient.
Nitrogen represents an integral part of lean muscle tissue; approximately 16% of all lean muscle mass is comprised of nitrogen. As nitrogen levels fall, this can lead to a catabolic (muscle wasting) state. Conversely, with enhanced nitrogen levels our anabolic atmosphere is enhanced. While this will prove beneficial to tissue building it will be imperative to lean tissue preservation and recovery.
Most all anabolic steroids increase red blood cell count to one degree or another. Red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen to and through the blood, and a higher count results in greater blood oxygenation. This will result in greater muscular endurance and also makes Dynabol a well-suited compound for treating anemia, a condition brought on due to a low red blood cell count. However, it is possible to increase red blood cells too much, but this would take an enormous amount of Dynabol for an extended period of time and is highly unlikely with responsible use baring any underlying issues.
Collagen represents a protein in all connective tissues in the body but is most commonly associated with the connective tissue in the tendons, ligaments and cartilage as well as within the muscle tissue. The enhancement in synthesis should provide stronger connective tissue and recovery in the areas affected and will play an integral role with our next Dynabol trait.
Bone Mineral Content (BMC) represents the density and strength of our bones. This enhancement through Nandrolone will provide stronger bones making it suitable for osteoporosis treatment. In fact, Nandrolone has proven to be one of the most effective combatants of osteoporosis on earth but due to U.S. regulations it has still not made it to such U.S. treatment plans in high capacity. When we consider the enhanced bone mineral content along with collagen synthesis, which can occur at high levels even with very low Nandrolone doses, this will provide tremendous therapeutic relief. Many athletes will use it solely for the joint pain relief it can provide, and it is true relief not a masking effect.
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) should be enhanced to a degree due to Dynabol use, but it won't be tremendous. However, any increase is beneficial due to IGF-1's tremendously potent anabolic nature and positive effects on recovery.
Glucocorticoid hormones, often referred to as stress hormones, destroy muscle tissue and promote fat gain. In many ways, they are the precise opposite of anabolic steroidal hormones. Some glucocorticoids are necessary to our wellbeing but only small amounts. Lowering total levels or inhibiting them from existing will result in a stronger metabolism and better physique. Therapeutically, this will prevent muscle tissue breakdown that often needs to be avoided or halted in such cases. This could also make Nandrolone a suitable hormone for those who have experienced prolonged exposure to corticoid hormones.
By now we should be able to see the effects of Dynabol, but we want to look at things in a more realistic sense in order to give you an idea of what to expect. In this case, we will be strongly concentrating on performance enhancement but even through this concentration therapeutic benefits will be understood.
For the off-season athlete the effects of Dynabol will be tremendous. In fact, Nandrolone along with testosterone and the possible addition of Anadrol or Dianabol is one of the oldest most popular stacks of all time. The individual should be able to gain a lot of muscle mass, and while it won't come fast it will be produced at a steady, even rate. Some do complain about water retention being problematic with Nandrolone and the hormone does aromatize; however, its rate of aromatization is only 20% that of testosterone. By controlling ones diet, which many fail to do in the off-season as well as using an anti-estrogen, water retention should not be an issue. The individual should also find he gains his new mass with less body fat accumulation that would otherwise occur due to the metabolic enhancement provided.
Very few think of Dynabol or any Nandrolone compound for that matter as a cutting steroid, at least very few gym rats and recreational steroid users. However, this can be a very common steroid in competitive bodybuilding circles during contest prep time, and odds are strong they will be leaner than you'll ever be. Dynabol will provide significant protection to your lean mass. In order to lose body fat, you must burn more calories than you consume. This puts lean tissue at risk as the body will often take from muscle tissue to meet its energy demands. Even with a well-planned diet this will occur, but by enhancing the anabolic atmosphere with compounds like Dynabol this is minimized. Many also use Dynabol or related steroids during a diet for joint relief and overall recovery. Hard training alone is rough on the body, but when very lean it often becomes a little more intense.
Dynabol and perhaps more so other Nandrolone compounds are the most popular steroids in performance athletics. Nandrolone has for years been a primary steroid in professional football and has become essential to the game despite fan ignorance. This again goes back to the healing properties and pain relief provided. When we say pain relief, again we're not talking about a masking effect such as through NSAID's or opiates but rather true healing. Then consider the recovery promotion of connective tissue and muscle tissue overall and this steroid becomes invaluable. Further, due to the notable increase in red blood cell count muscular endurance is enhanced, the athlete doesn't tire out as fast, and as a result, a better athlete now exist. Regardless of your reasons for use there is hardly an athlete or individual who cannot benefit from these effects of Dynabol.
Dynabol, like all Nandrolone compounds, is a generally well-tolerated anabolic steroid for most adult men. In fact, an argument could be made that it carries a higher tolerable nature than testosterone due to its very low androgenicity. However, possible side effects of Dynabol most certainly exist, but when we understand the cause and effect it is very possible to avoid them. Total dosing will play a role, larger doses can increase the risk of adverse effects, but we must also take into account individual response. We are all unique in that we can display varying responses to varying hormones. Most healthy adult men will not have an issue with the side effects of Dynabol or related Nandrolone compounds when used responsibly. However, there will be some who even with what we label responsible use find issues arise. In order to help you understand the possible side effects of Dynabol, we have broken them down into their separate categories with all the information you'll need.
Therapeutic Dynabol dosing guidelines no longer exist as the steroid is strictly used in veterinarian medicine. However, if it were used in human medicine we can expect it would be similar to Deca Durabolin doses as the two compounds are so similarly related. This would place therapeutic Dynabol doses in the 50-100mg every 3-4 week range for approximately 12 weeks. However, in cases of anemia or severe muscle wasting the total dosing would fall in the 100-200mg per week range with 200mg per week being very common.
In a performance setting, in order to provide the therapeutic benefits along with strong joint and pain relief 100mg per week is generally considered the bottom dose. 200mg per week will provide the same benefit as well as a slight anabolic boost and far greater enhancements to muscular endurance. For the purpose of lean muscle gains, 300mg per week is standard with 400mg per week being far more common. Many men will, however, find they can tolerate 500-600mg per week very well, but this will increase the risk of adverse effects and is generally more Nandrolone than most need to meet their goals. Regardless of the dose, one injection per week will normally suffice. However, some may find two smaller equal injections per week to be more manageable and keep blood levels at their peak.
Regardless of the total Dynabol dose, in a performance setting 8 weeks is the minimum time frame of use to receive any benefit with 12 weeks being far more efficient. You will also find Dynabol stacks well with any and all anabolic steroids but will not benefit from the use of another Nandrolone compound.
Dynabol is not in high supply and is generally only found on the Australian veterinarian market. You will not find Dynabol or any legitimate Nandrolone Cypionate compound on the U.S. pharmaceutical market. You will also find this steroid to be very rare on the black market. You will not find many if any internet steroid suppliers that carry the Dynabol brand and a generic Nandrolone Cypionate compound will also be extremely rare. However, if this is a steroid you desire simply using Nandrolone Decanoate will meet your needs. Nandrolone Decanoate is in high supply in all markets across the globe including the original Deca Durabolin brand manufactured by Organon.
You can buy Dynabol online from select steroid suppliers. Generally this will be very large suppliers who keep the steroid on hand for select customers. However, the ability to buy Dynabol online or at the pharmacy will be impossible for the vast majority. However, once again Nandrolone Decanoate and other Nandrolone compounds like Nandrolone Phenylpropionate can easily be purchased online, but this can come with several risks.
When you buy Dynabol or any Nandrolone compound online you will be doing so through a black market supplier. You can find very good deals on high quality products, but you can also waste a lot of money. You could be scammed out or your money, purchase a low or under-dosed product or worse yet one that is contaminated with bacteria. Then there's the legal risk associated with such a purchase, and it is a big risk for those in the United States. In the U.S. anabolic androgenic steroids are classified as Schedule III controlled substances by way of the Steroid Control Acts of 1990 and 2004. Under this legislation the only way you can legally purchase and possess an anabolic steroid is with a prescription. Further, this prescription must be granted on the basis of medical need deemed justified by the U.S. government. Those who violate this law will be subject to heavy fines and prison time.
The steroid laws of the U.S. are very strict, but you will find they are far more lenient in numerous countries around the world. While most will not allow an online purchase many allow anabolic steroids to be purchased over the counter without a prescription for personal use. It is imperative you understand the law as it pertains to where you live before you make any anabolic steroid purchase.
Due to the strict steroid laws of the United States and a few other countries around the world, and due to the often unscrupulous nature of many steroid suppliers, you are encouraged to visit the sponsors here at Steroid.com. The sponsors here at Steroid.com can provide you with high quality anabolics without a prescription or fear of legal risk. For those who are looking for therapeutic aid such as low testosterone treatment, you are encouraged to visit lowtestosterone.com.
Dynabol is a high quality and generally well tolerated anabolic steroid. It's not so much that Dynabol itself is a fantastic steroid but specifically the praise belongs to the Nandrolone hormone. In a therapeutic capacity the Nandrolone hormone may be one of the most valuable and beneficial hormones in existence. Unfortunately, especially in the U.S. the full benefits have yet to be appreciated due to the strict laws surrounding anabolic steroids, including the laws surrounding research itself. However, many physicians are beginning to understand the true benefits of the Nandrolone hormone, and in time it may very well become a more common hormone used in traditional medicine. Let's hope so, for we know without question those who have been privy to such treatment have seen their lives transformed.
In a performance capacity, Dynabol as with all Nandrolone hormones is one of the best steroids you could ever choose. While numerous steroids have come and gone since Nandrolone was first synthesized it has remained atop the list of favorites for numerous athletes. Solid gains and ones that are easy to maintain are very common, and when we consider the healing and recovery benefits of this steroid it is virtually impossible to beat. Then we're left with its extremely high threshold of toleration, and when looking for a quality steroid this puts Dynabol and Nandrolone in general far above most steroids.
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Last Saturday 8th September, just before 7.30, on the M4 Eastbound past Newbury was a Tornado (GR) on low loader anyone know the serial, from to etc. Only noticed it as passed, no markings all grey.
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Rob, I think your jet was ZA355, which was on its was from Swansea to White Waltham. The jet is then due to go to Duxford.
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Its actually being used for some filming at White Waltham according to someone who has seen it there. Its also gone dark grey with no markings
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It is now at Duxford
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People come in all different shapes and sizes of unstable
You were not there
Do ideas have a culture?
That thing we call life – happens,
and and we pretend to be whole
As a person,
when you are unable to stand your ground and fill your responsibilities,
when you walk out on the one thing that needed your conviction,
– then you can walk away from anything
because it hurts less.
It doesn't quite matter how many pretty ways one dresses up rejection…
It always hurts.
If you're worried about having the poetry knocked out of you of you when you're older, don't. Old blood bleeds as good as new
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E11_Urban Masterplan, East Wall, Dublin
Housing and Urban Design Competition Cultural, Community, Educational, Leisure, & Commercial Buildings
Client: Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Site: 0.62 hectares (strategic area 526 hectares)
Competition Awarded Second Place
Competition Jury citation:
'Simple, clear and resonant this project aspires to a commonality, which underlies all good urban housing. The confident use of building profile and silhouette, the making and rhythm of opes, the deployment of elements on site and the calm formation of private and shared spaces constitutes design of a high order. The visualisations are beautifully rendered.' (2013)
Despite being located within ten minutes walk of the city centre Dublin Docklands did not until just over a decade ago constitute part of the 'mental map' of Dublin, an issue partly to do with extreme social and physical degeneration following relocation eastwards of the port activities. Dublin Dockland Authorities brief called for a high-density residential scheme providing an alternative to typical 'fenced' residential development models.
Our project sought to regenerate the site, formerly a cement mixing works, with a meaningful mixed-use approach which focused on the integration of dedicated space for older people, child care, youth, health and recreation and mixed living.
The most positive global identity of urban Dublin living is arguably of a nostalgic Georgian Dublin characterised by tall elegant townhouses overlooking green squares. Our proposal responds to that domestic familiarity and the positive qualities of the traditional stock of Dublin while meeting the challenge of increasing the potential density of the site. Our new collection of buildings proposes a mix of residential, community (arts centre, local radio station, youth centre, day-care), educational and commercial uses (small business units), and leisure (swimming pool) which could promote and support a sustainable new community, contribute to the existing surrounding community life and re-link the site to the city.


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Why your skin should be your biggest investment
The first thing people see when they meet you is your face, so why wouldn't you want to take care of it?
Personally, I love buying new makeup, handbags and whatever the latest trend in fashion is (I'm currently the owner of 432 Bardot tops), but I also invest in my skin. After all, you only get one face in this lifetime…
Here are a few reasons why you should be investing in your skin:
It's important for your general health
Your skin is your body's largest organ, so just like your body, it needs looking after too. It faces challenges such as harsh abrasion, pollution, sunlight and detergents, so it would seem silly to do anything other than care for it with a consistent skincare routine.
Your future self will thank you for it
As well as improving the appearance of your skin now, your future skin will thank you for looking after it! Having regular skin treatments can help prevent against premature fine lines and wrinkles as well as dehydration.
Regular use of appropriate skincare products (particularly ones with an SPF) and treatments will also help protect your skin against environmental damage, slow down thew signs of ageing and ensure your skin looks its best in the future.
Look good and feel good
If you invest in your skin you're going to look good and feel good. Simple. Your skin will look brighter, healthier, more vibrant, plumper, more evenly toned… shall I go on?
Good skin = confidence. With a clear and bright complexion, you're bound to feel more confident and comfortable in yourself. I know when I've had "bad face" days in the past, nothing has worked; my hair; my clothes… urgh. The compliments about your new, glowing skin will definitely give you a boost!
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It's important to remember that makeup will only look as good as the skin underneath. With good, hydrated skin, makeup sits more evenly, looks flawless and more healthy. You may even need less makeup once your skin is at its best!
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You have to be patient. Dramatic improvements don't happen overnight. With a tailored routine you will start to notice small changes quickly, but it's your commitment to your skincare regime that will really pay off.
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Genuinely nice things said to you
I was fired from my very first job out of college after just 6 months. That is a story in and of itself, which I may blog about.
As I made my way out the door, struggling to maintain balance with a box full of belongings, Linda who was the company's secretary came to hold the door for me.
She then gave me a warm hug, and after sharing a brief moment together, said, "I am not going to wish you good luck."
"You are a good person, David. And good people do not need good luck."
What are some really nice things people have said to you? I am not talking about canned and tired cliches people like to spit out just to do their part to sound nice. What Linda said to the kid dispirited from having blown his first gig in the professional world was original and genuinely nice, and it still brings a smile to my face nearly two decades later.
So a few months later, I decided to use the line with slight modifications tailored to a different situation.
It was this really hot girl's birthday.
"I am not going to wish you a happy birthday because happy people don't need happy birthdays."
Ummm.. it spectacularly bombed and a painful lesson was learned. The moral of the story? When people say nice things to you, just treasure and share them with others. Don't try to recycle them.


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the eeriness of coincidence
If you'd asked me a year ago if I believed in signs from the universe, I probably would have rolled my eyes. Six months ago, even.
I may cry at certain movies - okay, at most movies, but just because there's a secret sap underneath this steel exterior doesn't mean I've haven't also always carried a certain edge of pragmatism. My mind wanders during church. I'm not much for living passively, expecting your world to fall into place. So it made sense that I never concerned myself much with the idea of guardian angels, or signs of a higher power at play.
Then, you know, things happened. Bad things. Should-I-ever-get-out-of-bed again kind of things. What's the point? Things.
Things I've covered before. And they've come with all sorts of ramifications and new discoveries. I was at dinner with a friend last night who pointed out that I seem determined to take the events of the last five months and mold them into something positive, to grasp whatever lessons I can out of them, to let as much light as possible into my life because of the mountain I feel like I'm climbing. Part of this is, I think, self-saving: I'm not sure I could, actually, get out of bed in the morning if I didn't believe that there were lessons to be learned and adventures to be had as a direct result of the last stretch of my life.
Part of it is because someone seems hell-bent on hitting me over the head with messages from somewhere not entirely of this physical earth. I mean, we're not even going for subtlety anymore.
I ignored it at first, like all good Irish people do. When the first doctor looked at me, frowning, and said "You know - you probably stopped running at the exact right moment?" I rolled my eyes. Because, hello, I couldn't walk. I was in a wheelchair and the act of sitting upright in a wheelchair was so painful I had to pep-talk myself through mere minutes of my life.
Okay, doc. Sure, I'm lucky.
But then it happened again, with the orthopedic surgeon. And again, with the second orthopedic surgeon. And yet again, with the physical therapist. All said a version of the same thing - "You know, if you hadn't passed out when you did, if you'd kept running - even a few more feet-, things would be really bad. Like worse then now. Like, irreparable damage. Like, forget running again, walking normally again could have been off the table."
So I just passed out at the exact right moment to stave off permanent, life-altering damage? That was the first inkling that someone was trying to get through to me. I'm going to physically stop you now. I'm going to take the situation out of your control. It's time to spend some time with your thoughts. It's time to re-evaluate.
And then there's the whole thing with the dates. I spend my months now dreading the 14th of each month - I have never loved Valentine's Day, and it now seems pretty clear that it will forever be a shitty day for me - and looking to the 18th of each month as a day I can chart my progress. The Marathon was April 18, and privately, I decided that I would hit a different benchmark.
May 18, one month out - no way I was going to be on crutches anymore. June 18, two months out - no way was I going to be limping. July 18, three months out - I'd go for a run again.
I hit absolutely none of those benchmarks. But some other stuff happened instead.
May 18, I was on a boat (you can roll your eyes a little bit), and because "scalp sunburns" are a thing that I need to worry about - Irish, remember? - I was wearing a Red Sox cap. A boat docked next to us, and one of the guys working on it waved to me to show me his matching Sox hat. "The owner of the boat I'm on is from Hopkinton!" he excitedly told me.
Hopkinton, Mass. You know, the tiny Massachusetts town where the Boston Marathon starts. You know, the tiny town where the Marathon starts, where almost nobody that owns a yacht is from and let's consider the odds of someone owning a yacht having it on an island in the Exhumas that is so small that there are only four slips and there isn't a restaurant or a hotel or anything - that's what pulled up next to me exactly one month after my injury, exactly one month after the Marathon.
It took my breath away for a second. And it made me hope - maybe this chapter of my life wasn't closed yet?
Nothing happened in June, except that I was angry, and in pain, and annoyed that I wasn't progressing fast enough for my own liking. I tried to spend the day thanking my body - being appreciative of all of the work it was doing to heal - but I still cried alone later that night, consumed by the "what if's" and "what could have been's" of the last few months.
The three-month mark was on Monday. It was a normal day, except for the fact that I can't run. Still can't. Still have no benchmark for when that ability will return. But when I got home from work on Monday, an official runner's program for the Marathon had come in the mail.
So for all the days of the official summary for this year's race, as well as information about next year's race, to arrive, it landed on my doorstep on the exact three-month injury/race anniversary? I found it around 7 - which was right around the time I was self-medicating with gin and tonics and wallowing in a sea of self pity three months ago.
You can roll your eyes, you can think it's all coincidence. That I'm a fool for assigning any higher meaning or value to any of it, that I'm being overly dramatic. All I know is that each time, the hair on the back of my neck stood up, and I instantly felt the presence of a calming message : be patient. Remember, but don't dwell. Honor what you've been through. Know the story isn't done.
Could it all be a self-preserving mental health strategy? Absolutely. But somehow I know - I feel - that someone (and I'm pretty sure I know who) is trying to reassure me that there is positivity to be found. There is opportunity to be grasped. Someone is trying to tell me that I'm not going to be defined by pain and physical limits, that there's more - greater - coming.
Is it all just coincidence? Perhaps. But if I've learned anything in the last five months, it's that you absolutely have to, must, celebrate small beautiful moments in life. It's what gets you out of bed, what keeps you going, what helps a smile push through the sadness. So if my small coincidences help me to push aside the pain, confusion and fear, and see the endless possibility born out of my hurt? Then I think they're pretty powerful. And I plan on celebrating them.


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With all the choices of apps we have access to, it may be pretty overwhelming to choose the best what apps and how they can help you with your real estate business. To make it a little easier I've compiled a list of my top 10 tried and loved apps for you. (I have an iPhone)
- Inbox for gmail. - This app (and desktop too) allows you to "snooze" your emails until the day you need them. I cannot tell you how much this helps me for time management.
- MileIQ - I've never been able to track my miles so effortlessly. With just a swipe to the left or the right I can categorize my trip as business or personal and even add notes, so if I was ever to be audited I have the information organized and handy. Plus my CPA says this is the way to go!
- Hellosign - The interface and customer service is why I chose them out of so many digital signature companies. Everything is so easy, is month to month, and one of the least expensive.
- eKEY - This app sure makes it easy on me to open lockboxes, shackles, and assign lockboxes with ease from the comfort of my iPhone.
- Waze - With the help of our community, this app provides a way for us to share what's happening on the road with each other from potential ticket spots to traffic jams to road hazards and more.
- Podcasts - We spend a lot of time in our cars driving around. Especially working in Jacksonville, the biggest city landmass wise in the continental United States. I love to listen to a good Podcast that helps me work on my business.
- Reminders - I cannot tell you how often I use this to remember to call a customer back at a certain time or even pick up milk on the way home. Our business has us constantly has us going in so many directions and this is such a great task saver.
- Twitter - So, everyone most likely knows about this, but in 140 charaters or less I can find out so much that's going on in the community and easily tell others what's up too!
- Bank account App - There's something so powerful to me about being in charge of my money and telling it where to go like Dave Ramsey teaches!
- Messages - While I do think there is still such a need for a phone call, I love being able to send a quick text to someone asking a question, letting them know where I am, can I come pick up the paperwork, etc. Definitely one of my favorites!
Contact All Real Estate Options, Inc. for more effective ways to run your business and save you time at 904-292-4182 or contact Melissa directly at 904-347-4696.
Melissa Rigdon is the Broker and President of All Real Estate Options, Inc. with almost 15 years of real estate experience. She specializes in residential real estate and helping agents run their businesses. Connect with All Real Estate Options, Inc. on Twitter at @areoinc


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NYAPRS Note: The following comes from NYAPRS intern David Martino who writes that "while NYC began Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training last year, it has only reached 4,400 of the 36,000 rank and file officers, and did not include the officer who fatally shot Deborah Danner on October 18th. With the request to impanel a grand jury, it is clear that greater examination is needed in order to find justice in this case. Together, we remember Deborah Danner—a woman whose death sadly and tragically exemplifies the importance of education and proper training for crisis professionals, and a woman who made clear the imminent significance of acceptance, support and love for anyone in that struggle (see 'On the Tragic Death of Deborah Danner at http://www.nyaprs.org/e-news-bulletins/2016/015288.cfm.
District Attorney Asks for Grand Jury in Police Killing of Deborah Danner
By Ashley Southall NY Times Dec. 5, 2016
In a sign of the legal and political stakes surrounding the death of a mentally ill woman killed by the police in October, the Bronx district attorney is asking the state to impanel a grand jury that would hear evidence solely from the fatal shooting.
The district attorney, Darcel D. Clark, said on Monday that she would ask for the appointment of what is known as a special grand jury in the death of the woman, Deborah Danner, 66, who was shot on Oct. 18 by a police sergeant responding to 911 calls about a woman acting erratically.
A special grand jury was used on Staten Island to hear evidence in the death of Eric Garner, who was killed in 2014 in an encounter with the police, and such panels typically entail more extensive presentation of evidence by prosecutors.
In the case of Mr. Garner, the grand jury declined to indict the officer implicated in the killing, Daniel Pantaleo. Since that decision, in December 2014, federal prosecutors have been conducting their own inquiry, which has been slowed by internal disputes.
In Ms. Danner's case, the police said in their initial account that she had swung a bat at the sergeant, Hugh Barry, prompting him to open fire. But within hours, Sergeant Barry was stripped of his badge and gun and placed on modified duty.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police commissioner, James P. O'Neill, did not dispute the account that Ms. Danner was armed, but said Sergeant Barry had failed to follow police protocol for dealing with people with mental illnesses. Specifically, he did not use his Taser stun gun to try to subdue Ms. Danner, and he did not wait for a specialized police unit to arrive.
But the state attorney general, who has the power to investigate police shootings of people who were unarmed, declined to pursue a formal inquiry, which suggested that the preliminary evidence had confirmed that Ms. Danner was armed when she was killed.
The Bronx district attorney, Ms. Clark, took over the investigation, and on Monday, she said she was seeking a grand jury to keep her pledge to conduct a fair and thorough inquiry.
"I believe that presenting the evidence to a grand jury will best accomplish that goal," Ms. Clark said. "It is important to determine exactly what happened in this tragic incident."
Similarities between Ms. Danner's killing and the death 32 years earlier of Eleanor Bumpurs renewed a debate over how officers respond to emotionally disturbed people.
Ms. Clark did not say when the special grand jury would be impaneled, but a court spokesman said it could happen within days once the request was approved.
Ed Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said in a statement that the request was expected.
"We trust that District Attorney Clark will present the evidence in a fair, reasoned and judicious manner," he said.
Eugene O'Donnell, a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former New York police officer and prosecutor, said it would be especially difficult for a grand jury to bring charges against Sergeant Barry because Ms. Danner was said to be armed.
"That's a very, very potent claim," he said. "And the D.A. knows that."
The outcome of the grand jury proceedings will inevitably bring heat for Ms. Clark, Mr. O'Donnell said.
"If they decide not to indict, the same questions might be asked in the Bronx as they were in Garner," he said. "Did the D.A. present the evidence in a way that was determinative of the outcome? Did they seek a certain outcome?"


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Mulcair's NDP parties like it's 1994
There's something touching about Thomas Mulcair's attempt to become the Tony Blair of Canada: it comes 20 years late. Back in the 1990s, Blair, leader of Britain's Labour Party, declared with some daring that über-Tory Margaret Thatcher had been correct in her right-wing policies, and the route to electoral success for "progressives" meant following in her footsteps. He called it the Third Way though it was really 1(a), and he won three straight majorities with it. Bill Clinton and U.S. Democrats named it triangulation, emulated Reagan, and won two presidencies. Here, Chretien-Martin Liberals went way beyond the Mulroney Tories in slashing "big government" and won thrice. You can see the appeal.
The heart of their conversion lay in zealously embracing fiscal conservatism and balancing budgets. Deficits were the devil's work. Mulcair has adopted this credo, even mimicking their rhetoric about not burdening "our kids and grandkids" with debt. He and his NDP are partying like it's 1994.
The trouble is, it's 2015. What was new gets old. All those societies have tried the formula and it's led to the worst crash since the depression, collapsed infrastructure, falling wages, exploding inequality — the list has grown boring. Voters notice. They can see that "left" parties behaving like right ones are redundant. Europe's old left parties — France's PS or Greece's PASOK — became irrelevant sidebars. Blair is a pariah in much of his own party. In Greece and Spain it led to the eruption of new left-wing parties like Syriza and Podemos.
Now, in the latest phase, the insurgency has reached into the heart of the old parties themselves. Bernie Sanders, a "socialist" who manages to be both grumpy and cheery, is mounting an effective challenge among U.S. Democrats. In the UK, Jeremy Corbyn, an irrepressible leftist abhorred by Labour MPs and officials, was elected leader with a stunning majority. The old guard will now try to topple, or maybe assassinate, him. They're so drenched in Blairism they can't believe it. They consider it "madness," the common term applied. It looks like a lot more fun than people on the left are having here.
Other parts of the world have gone farther. South America experienced the most savage version of neo-liberal economics and has widely rejected it, making it politically, like the Dos Equis guy, the most interesting continent in the world.
All this leaves Mulcair's NDP blissfully unaffected. He had his conversion moment back in the 1990s, when he voiced public admiration for Thatcher. Like most people, he considers an insight once won never worth questioning again. It comes with a lifetime guarantee. So it fell, bizarrely, to Justin Trudeau to challenge the old deficit dogma. To what I assume is Mulcair's shock, most Canadian voters didn't succumb to the vapours. They seemed to agree. Even a posse of bank economists supported deficit spending, done with care.
None of this is radical: just a little Keynesian pump-priming. It does nothing to tackle inequality, for instance. Even Bill Clinton would probably be OK with it, but then he loves badmouthing himself for things he did in power. He thinks it's adorable. Paul Martin himself stood beside Trudeau as he announced the reversal and approved it. Only Harper and Mulcair gagged on it.
The NDP did well when it stuck by its instincts and opposed the anti-terror bill. That vaulted them past the Liberals. This seems to have dragged them back down. Thinking you're smart and calculating too carefully can do that.
It revealed something too about the party's nature. NDP veteran Gerry Caplan had a Globe column this week which was also touching. He described how verklempt he is over whether the party does well or fails in this election. It's how many of us feel about the Leafs and Jays. Caplan has led an admirable, compassionate life of concern for others. Yet in his column there was no mention of what this election will mean for Canada and its people. It was solely about "us," the party. Party politics turns rational people insane, just as running for office turns nice people into monsters. Still, you're surprised when it comes from the NDP. It turns out their motto too could be, My party right or wrong. Though in their case it's more like, My party right or left.
Rick Salutin's column appears Friday. email@example.com


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The story below is of and by a kind of person I call a "Taboo Man," essentially a shamanic personality that has no place in modern society, the "Omega Man" the last person in the social order, because he stands apart, alienated. Healthy—and therefore tribal—societies are elastic enough to accommodate and make use of such a person. Our modern ideals, based on slave-holding and tax-farming social structures, are strictly hierarchal in the most rigid manner and find no place for the alienated social alternative.
I camped with the other scouts one summer along bear lake.
As usual, because of my odd ways I was the butt of the older kids jokes.
We were doing our mile swim in Bear Lake. I was a very strong swimmer at one time in my youth. They had a marked distance to swim parallel to the shoreline, I bailed in with the others, we all swam, some of the kids dropped out, unable to finish, the advisors following in boats, picked them up, one young counselor had just returned from Vietnam.
We swam to the take out point and the they told us to go ashore, we had completed our swim. I just turned around and headed back to the starting point.
The man said to me, "What the hell are you doing?"
I replied, "I'm going to swim back, not going to walk along the shore."
I had no idea why I did this at the time, like Forest Gump, just felt like swimming. The Nam vet allowed me to do this, followed me, I made it back to starting point, could have went some more.
The older kids really hated my guts now. As I think back, I think I did this to tell the older boys to fuck off. I know of not one, who would have attempted this swim.
Then other time I swam the mile, was with a fat kid. The older boys picked on him also. I stayed with him. He was a really good kid, just didn't want to stay in shape. I kept telling him, "Don't quit, don't let those pricks win, if you stop they won't let you forget."
There was no time limit on the swim. I had showed him the dead man float, to rest. He had more guts than those older boys. Was amazed at his grit. I even thought he might die of a heart attack.
He finished the swim.
I told him how amazing this was, and I meant it. We became friends throughout school. He eventually got into drugs and commited suicide, two years after high school, but I will never forget the balls he showed that day he finished the swim.
I remember him always, have forgot about the others, just disapproving shadows to our journey together.
…A life time later, today:
Getting ready to fish, entering store to buy beer.
Male Polyphemus moth hanging from awning rafter,
females spread pheromones at night, to attract male,
like unto the sirens from the rocks,
for one last fatal embrace,
they have no way to feed,
no mouth parts for sustenance, breed, lay eggs, starve to death...
I think about Odysseus, poking Cyclops in the eye, if he had kept his mouth shut would have been fine, Karma.
Monarch butterflies arriving,
laying eggs on milkweed,
3 of 4 generations to get here,
eat lime pigs as caterpillar, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult, then fly to Mexico to winter, no map, migrate north in spring, start again...
Odysseus took ten, but he was just a man.


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Had they met you in your day of failure
How different the world would have been.
The weird hags could not have conjured
A dark, sleepless world sans amen.
Had they met you in your day of failure
How different the world would have been.
The weird hags could not have conjured
A dark, sleepless world sans amen.
In A.C. Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy – a must read for all who have read the four great tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth – he discusses the following passage in which Macduff reacts to the news that Macbeth has slain his wife and children:
Malcom. Be comforted: Let's make us medicines of our great revenge, to cure this deadly grief.
Macduff. He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?
Malcom. Dispute it like a man.
Macduff. I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, that were most precious to me. —
Who is Macduff speaking of when he says "He has no children?" Bradley offers and analyzes the three possible interpretations:
(a) They refer to Malcolm, who, if he had children of his own, would not at such a moment suggest revenge, or talk of curing such a grief. Cf. King John, III. iv. 91, where Pandulph says to Constance,
"You hold too heinous a respect of grief,"
and Constance answers,
"He talks to me that never had a son"
(b) They refer to Macbeth, who has no children, and on whom therefore Macduff cannot take an adequate revenge.
(c) They refer to Macbeth, who, if he himself had children, could never have ordered the slaughter of children. Cf. 3 Henry VI. V. v. 63, where Margaret says to the murderers of Prince Edward,
"You have no children, butchers! if you had, The thought of them would have stirred up remorse."
Bradley makes short shrift of choice (b) simply by pointing out that everything in the text indicates that Macduff is not the kind of man who would kill someone's children for revenge:
Macduff is not the man to conceive at any time the idea of killing children in retaliation; and that he contemplates it here, even as a suggestion, I find it hard to believe.
I would add that Macduff is a noble personage in Macbeth. Shakespeare makes him noble to put Macbeth's ignobility in high relief. Having Macduff express a desire to kill Macbeth's children would have been inconsistent with Macduff's role in the play.
The first time I read Macbeth I was certain that Macduff's words "He has no children" meant that Macbeth was capable of killing Macduff's children only because he himself had no children. In other words, for Macduff, only a man who had not experienced parental love could murder a child. Now, after re-reading Bradley's notes on Macbeth, I am not so sure.
The principal objection to choice a) is syntactical. If Macduff is speaking to Malcom, the argument goes, why would he refer to him as "he" rather than "you." In other words, choice a) can't be correct, because if it were, Shakespeare would have had Macduff say "You have no children" not "He has no children." Bradley, the closest of close readers, notes that there are several other instances where Shakespeare has a character refer to the person he is speaking to in the third person:
It has been objected to interpretation (a) that, according to it, Macduff would naturally say 'You have no children,' not 'He has no children.' But what Macduff does is precisely what Constance does in the line quoted [above] from King John.
Bradley also posits that in this exchange Macbeth is addressing the messenger, Ross, not Malcom, who joins the conversation only at the end via interruption,
[A]ll through the passage down to this point, and indeed in the fifteen lines which precede our quotation, Macduff listens only to Ross. His questions 'My children too?' 'My wife killed too?' show that he cannot fully realize what he is told. When Malcolm interrupts, therefore, he puts aside his suggestion with four words spoken to himself, or (less probably) to Ross (his relative, who knew his wife and children), and continues his agonized questions and exclamations. Surely it is not likely that at that moment the idea of (c), an idea which there is nothing to suggest, would occur to him.
Based on Bradley's exegesis, I now tend to favor choice a) . . . but only on those days that I do not favor choice c).
Shakespeare must have believed in karma.
Experts agree that he probably consulted the Geneva Bible in writing his plays. Galatians VI says:
Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
The Geneva writers themselves may have been influenced by Buddhist scripture. The Samyutta Nikaya says:
According to the seed that's sown,
So is the fruit you reap there from,
Doer of the good will gather good,
Doer of evil, reaps evil.
Down is the seed and thou shalt taste
The fruit thereof.
But Shakespeare, instead of using mere aphorisms, dramatized the concept of natural justice. Here are three examples (emphasis added):
But in these cases
We still have judgment here, that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.This even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips.
Merchant of Venice:
If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge.
The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
What is it that they do
When they change us for others? Is it sport?
I think it is: and doth affection breed it?
I think it doth: is't frailty that thus errs?
It is so too: and have not we affections,
Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?
Then let them use us well: else let them know,
The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.
Shakespeare understood, even if some of our political leaders don't, why the use of torture, wholly apart from its moral implications, is a dangerous policy. The wrong you teach by example will return to plague you; those you have taught will do it "better" than you did; and they won't feel guilty about it because you gave them a rationalization for doing it.
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It depends who you ask?
As with all interpretive questions, we must analyze the text. If the text doesn't support a particular interpetation, then that interpretation must be disregarded. If the text does support it, then that interpretation is entitled to be considered with other interpretations that are also supported by the text.
One of the many things that makes Shakespeare so rich is that his text often supports several interpretations. With Lady Macbeth's collapse in Act II, Scene 1, we have a perfect example of this. Close readings of the text of that scene, the surrounding scenes, and an examination of the way Shakepeare typically handled similar situations (i.e. by the inclusion or admission of specific stage directions) yields for some of us the conclusion that the Lady really faints and for others the conclusion that she's faking it.
Since both claims are supported by the text, our task in this series of posts is to determine which of the two is most strongly supported by the text.
Here's the text of Macbeth's speech followed by Lady Macbeth's collapse followed by Macduff's charge to help her:
Macbeth: Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man:
The expedition my violent love
Outrun the pauser, reason. Here lay Duncan,
His silver skin laced with his golden blood;
And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature
For ruin's wasteful entrance: there, the murderers,
Steep'd in the colours of their trade, their daggers
Unmannerly breech'd with gore: who could refrain,
That had a heart to love, and in that heart
Courage to make 's love known?
Lady Macbeth: Help me hence, ho!
Macduff: Look to the lady.
Lady Macbeth is then helped hence.
It's important to note that Shakespeare generally uses stage directions only when it is not clear from the dialogue what action an actor is to take. In this case, he does not provide a stage direction telling us that Lady Macbeth faints or collapses because her words "help me hence" and Macduff's "look to the lady" are the stage directions.
Shakespeare also does not provide a stage direction telling us whether or not Mrs. M really faints or merely pretends to faint, which means we must look to the the text for clues.
I see three plausible interpretations. In the first two, Lady Macbeth really faints. In the third, she merely pretends to faint. Here they are:
1. Lady Macbeth really faints because Macbeth's words bring home just how horrible the murder of Duncan was.
2. Lady Macbeth really faints because she is shocked – as is everyone else – that Macbeth killed Duncan's guards.
3. Lady Macbeth pretends to faint in order to shut her husband up because she sees that he is over-playing the part of the loyal, outraged subject and is concerned that by doing so he will invite rather than divert suspicion.
Before we discuss these three alternative interpretations, however, we need to consider why it matters whether Lady Macbeth actually faints or only fakes fainting?
It's unlikely that the answer to this question will change in any fundamental way how one experiences the play as a whole. Lady Macbeth collapses because something upsets her. Whether that something is her husband's murder of Duncan, his murder of Duncan's guards or his dangerous verbosity, is really a secondary consideration.
On the other hand, if you think, as Samuel Johnson did, that the purpose of art is to hold a mirror up to nature, the idea that Lady Macbeth pretended to faint so as to distract attention away from her garrulous husband is intriguing and deserves consideration.
After the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth has little or no involvement in the horrors committed by her husband. She becomes a passive bystander in the bloodshed and, rather than add more blood to the blood she already has on her hands from the murder of Duncan, she tries to remove Duncan's blood. But what is done cannot be undone and it drives her to suicide.
The horror we felt when Lady Macbeth asked the spirits that tend on mortal thoughts to unsex her is diminished now that her sex has returned. She is woman again and again full of the milk of human kindness. It's no accident that Shakespeare associates milk with kindness. More specifically, mother's milk.
Did Shakespeare have Lady Macbeth faint to mark the beginning of her return to kind femininity?
In the next few days I will answer that question and more in the second installment of Does Lady Macbeth Really Faint?


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Plans are beginning to take shape for the big launch of this year's Winter Shelter. All Shelter volunteers, past, present and future, are welcome to join us. The date will be Saturday 11 November, at the Salvation Army on Gillinggate. The evening will begin with volunteer training from 4pm to 6pm, followed by an informal supper. After supper the new SA Lieutenant Hilary Borthwick will share her experience of running a large homeless hostel in Plymouth and the evening will finish with an Ask the Experts session (all you ever wanted to know about the Winter Shelter but were afraid to ask).
To find out more about the Winter Shelter in the meantime, including how to volunteer, click here.