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At the End of the Line Is No Line
From a dharma talk given on April 20, 2007 at Chogye International Zen Center
Zen Master Wu Kwang: For those of you who are here for the first time, this is not a formally organized talk. Usually we have a question-answer-discussion format. Tonight, though, I do have a few poems that were sent to me by Ken Kessel, Ji Do Poep Sa Nim [now Zen Master Jok Um —Ed.]. Ken, as most of you know, is one of the teachers in the Kwan Um Zen School and was for a long time a resident teacher in New York. He took to writing poetry some years ago and whenever he leads a retreat he writes a series of poems, one for each student on the retreat. Right after one student leaves the interview room and before he rings the bell for the next student, he writes a short poem trying to capture something of the essence of the person as he felt them to present themselves in the interview, or of the interchange between them. This series of poems comes from the New Haven retreat of January 20, 2007. He usually includes the names of the people he writes the poems for, but in this series, he omitted them. So I'll read some of them and then perhaps we'll talk about them.
At the end
Of the line
Is no line
No line
Has no end
No end
Has no hindrance
Leaves fall in Autumn
Snow in Winter
No eyes
No ears
No nose
Who cares
Than anyone knows
Sunlight dancing
On Autumn leaves
What we have
Isn't what we think
It is
Didja see?
Here's one for just now:
Great joy
Great joy
Nowhere to go
Why can't escape
Sentient beings
Are waiting
Fiercely gentle
Intensely relaxed
Dangerously stable
Breathe in
Breathe out
Like touching
Your nose
When washing
Your face
The great flood
Swallows everything
All fish attain
The place
Of no water
Where is the distinction
Where is the distinction
People killing people
In this whole world
Where is the distinction
So the first poem says, "At the end / Of the line / Is no line / No line / Has no end / No end / Has no hindrance / Leaves fall in Autumn / Snow in Winter."
Part of this is similar to a section of the Heart Sutra: "Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Form is not different from emptiness. Emptiness is not different from form." Here it says, "At the end of the line / Is no line." So there's form; there's a line. But at the end of the line, if you get to the end of the line, then there's no line. If you take the train out to Brooklyn, to New Lots Avenue, that's it. There's nothing there after that. At the end of the line is no line. But then the second permutation of "Form is emptiness; emptiness is form" is "no form; no emptiness." If form truly is empty and emptiness truly is form then those designators don't really apply to anything. Why say "form"? Why say "emptiness"? No form; no emptiness. So he says, "No line has no end." The first part says, "At the end of the line is no line," but the second says, "No line has no end." Also no beginning. No beginning, no end. No coming, no going. No purity, no impurity. No line has no end. But then he goes one step further: "No end has no hindrance."
There's a short poem that comes from the Avatamsaka Sutra. It appears in the Compass of Zen that we use. "If you want to understand the realm of Buddhas, keep a mind that is clear like space." So a mind that is clear like space has no line and no end, no opinion, no conception, not holding anything, not making anything. So if you want to understand the realm of Buddhas, keep a mind that is clear like space. Let all thinking and all desires, all conceptualizing and all grasping, fall far away, and let your mind go anywhere with no hindrance. So the mind of no hindrance, the no end that has no hindrance, is the bodhisattva way. If you have no hindrance then you can connect with anything. Then compassion arises freely and easily in interaction because you're not hindering, you're not holding back, you're not interfering with the free flow of give and take. No end has no hindrance; you're not impeding anything. The first three of our four great bodhisattva vows are: "Sentient beings are numberless; we vow to save them all. Delusions are endless; we vow to cut through them all. The teachings are infinite; we vow to learn them all." Because if you're not thinking of an end, an end result or an end gain of some kind, then there's freedom; there's no hindrance. You don't care. There's just living your life and being helpful in any way you can. Someone is hungry, you give them something to eat. No end. Not looking for an end. Even with practice: "What am I going to get from practice?" If you let go of having some gaining idea, an end gain, then there is no hindrance, no problem.
And with that mind, you clearly perceive the last two lines of the poem, "Leaves fall in Autumn. Snow in Winter." There's a poem after one of the kong-ans in the Mumonkan, a famous interchange between Joju and his teacher, Nam Cheon. Joju at this time is a young student. He approaches Nam Cheon and asks, "What is the true way?" Nam Cheon responds, "Everyday mind is the path." Joju asks like a good beginning student, "Should I try to keep it or not?" Nam Cheon says, "If you try, you're already mistaken." So Joju is really confused and says, "If I don't try, how can I attain the true way?" Nam Cheon retorts, "The true way is not dependent on understanding or not understanding. Understanding is illusion; [If you think you're going to grasp something with mental concepts, that's an illusion.] Not understanding is blankness. [But here "not understanding" does not mean "don't know" or "don't understand." Here it just means being in a torpid state of mind.] Not understanding is blankness. If you completely attain the true way of no thinking [not grasping, not holding, not attaching, not making anything, the true way of no thinking], then it's clear like space. So why do you make right and wrong?" Suddenly Joju woke up; he attained something. That's the kong-an. After the kong-an there is a short, four-line poem by Zen Master Mumon. "Flowers in springtime, moon in autumn / cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. / If you don't make anything in your mind / for you it's a good season." So here Ken's last two lines, "No end / Has no hindrance / Leaves fall in Autumn / Snow in Winter."
The next one to some degree is also based on the Heart Sutra. In the Heart Sutra it says, "No eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; no realm of eyes and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness." Those are all delineations of our experience of the world through the various senses and how we ordinarily are dualistically oriented. There's the seer and, over there, the seen. There's the hearer and, over there, what's heard, and so on. But the Heart Sutra gradually takes away each one of those: no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind. The sutra also takes away the objects: no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind. Object of mind means thoughts, things that go on in the mind. No realm of eyes refers to the consciousness that would recognize color. In the same way, no realm of ears refers to the consciousness that recognizes sound. When the bell is heard—bong . . . So the Heart Sutra takes away each one until finally it gets to "and no attainment with nothing to attain." That's like "no end with no hindrance." But here he starts by saying, "No eyes, no ears, no nose." He starts with the delineation of the Heart Sutra. He says, "No eyes, no ears, no nose. Who cares?" That's a slap in the face to formal Buddhism. Then he says, "Vaster than anyone knows / sunlight dancing on autumn leaves." So the second half of the poem, that's the realization of "No eyes, no ears, no nose." "No eyes" doesn't literally mean that there are no eyes; "no ears" doesn't literally mean there are no ears. A Japanese Zen master said, "These ears were originally just two flaps of skin." That means if there is no consciousness that recognizes sound, then there are no ears. That's one version of no ears. But the complete version of no ears means when you hear the bell ring, there's just—bong. When you see sunlight dancing on autumn leaves, there's just [softly] "Ohhhhh."
Does anyone have a comment or a question?
Question: "Who cares?" also has a double meaning.
ZMWK: What is the double meaning?
Q: Who cares? Who is it that cares?
ZMWK: Yes, that's right. Who is the one who cares?
And then he says "Vaster than anyone knows." Because if you ask sincerely, "Who is the one who cares about all this?" then you're left with . . . [pauses for a moment] There's no knowing at that point. It's just not knowing. Not knowing is quite vast. What you know is quite small. What you don't know is quite wide and open. It covers galaxies and galaxies. Vaster than anyone knows, but the vastness of the universe at that moment is "sunlight dancing on autumn leaves."
The third poem says, "What we have / Isn't what we think / It is / Close / Close / Close / Look! / Didja see?" So "What we have / Isn't what we think / It is." Again, he's playing with the phrase "It is." "What we have isn't what we think it is." The other way is "What we have isn't what we think. It is close, close, close." "Look!" That's an injunction, encouragement. If you look and see clearly then that is wisdom. If you don't see clearly then that is ignorance. You're ignoring something. Out of ignoring something usually we begin to grasp at something that we think is going to make us better somehow, feel better, and we get angry or reject what we think is going to take something away from us, bother us.
"Great joy / Great joy / Snow / Melt / Flower / Breeze / Ahhhhh". I don't think that needs any commentary. [laughter]
Q: That's not polar-bear consciousness. It's very limited.
ZMWK: Do you want to say a little more? [laughter] Being of the polar bear clan yourself. [laughter]
Q: There you go.
ZMWK: What do you mean sir?
Q: This is like and dislike.
ZMWK: Like and dislike? No. Great joy, Great joy. Not joy as compared with sorrow. Snow. Melt. Flower. Breeze. Where's like and dislike? Or as Joju said, "you bumpkin, you."
Q: Sounds like you're talking from experience.
A: Exactly.
Talking about this last part, "Ahhhhh . . ." Once I was in the Museum of Modern Art. I was walking through looking at different paintings. I turned and there was a small painting by Jackson Pollock called "White Light." I turned the corner and "Ahhhhh," I just stood there transfixed—looking.
"Nowhere to go / Why can't escape / Sentient beings / Are waiting / Shhhh / Listen." That is an encapsulation of the bodhisattva path and bodhisattva ideal. Years ago there was a program on the radio every Sunday morning called "In the Spirit." It was moderated by Lex Hixon, who was quite an avid practitioner of Zen and a few other traditions as well. He died of cancer some years ago. Every Sunday he would have someone on the program who he would interview. Zen Master Seung Sahn was on there many times. One particular time Roshi Bernie Glassman was the guest. This was shortly after Bernie Glassman had come from Maezumi Roshi's Zen Center in Los Angeles and opened his own center here in Yonkers. Bernie gave an example of what he thought the bodhisattva ideal was. He said, "A bodhisattva is a person like this: there is a well that needs filling. It's dry and the only implement that the bodhisattva has is a teaspoon and the only supply of water is a snow-capped mountain far away. So this person goes with the teaspoon and gets one teaspoon of snow and brings it back and—ptchh—puts it in the well. Then he goes again." Now that's a thankless task and from a certain viewpoint, pretty stupid. But from the standpoint of the bodhisattva ideal where no end is no hindrance and where there is nowhere to escape to, because we are all in this together, raising the mind of bodhi—the mind of wisdom—to make a firm decision to attain enlightenment and help others. Those two together are the bodhisattva ideal. Not just to attain enlightenment myself but to attain enlightenment and help others. So from that viewpoint there is nowhere to escape to. Enlightenment is not some escape because enlightenment means I wake up to the fact that we are all interconnected. So "Nowhere to go / Why can't escape / Sentient beings are waiting / Shhhh / Listen." They're waiting.
Today I was waiting for the bus and near the bus stop was a bar with a happy hour. It was one of those bars where the front windows open up and you can hear everything that's going on. A few people had spilled out onto the street, and by the sound of their voices and the level of decibels, they had already chugged down a few tall ones. And I was thinking to myself, "This is their Friday night and this is our Friday night. What is possessing people to do that?" And then I also remembered when I used to do that. So sentient beings are waiting. Shhhh. Listen.
And of course the image of the bodhisattva of compassion is intimately connected with listening. In Chinese, Korean and Japanese the name of the bodhisattva means the one who hears the sounds of the world. Perceive universal sound—perceive the sounds of the universe. So if you listen then you can be attuned and you can resonate with it, but if you're not listening, then you're in the realm of absurdity. Nothing makes sense and you can't hear anything. You can't let anything in or out. Here just as before in another poem where he exhorted everyone to "Look!"—here he exclaims "Shhhh / Listen."
You could see the next poem as a reference to formal meditation. Or it could go beyond just formal meditation. It's a nice encapsulation. It says, "Fiercely gentle / Intensely relaxed / Dangerously stable / Breathe in / Breathe out." Fiercely gentle. What is fierce gentleness? What is the intensity of relaxation? And what does it mean to be dangerously stable? A gyroscope is dangerously stable. From the standpoint of Zen and Buddhism there is nothing fixed. Everything is dangerously stable, because there is nothing to hold on to. Each thing is—ptchh!—flashing into its fullness. So dangerously stable. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in and breathe out. Breathe in; breathe out. Without making anything, without attaching to anything, without holding anything. Then the fierce gentleness arises. The intensely relaxed condition arises and you will find your stability in the midst of dangerousness. But "breathe in breathe out" doesn't just mean [loudly inhales and exhales]. "Breathe in" means inspire. Take in what's in front of you. And "Breathe out" means let go and connect. If we live from that point of view, moment by moment, as much as we are able, then there's fierce gentleness and intense relaxedness and dangerous stability. "Simple / Simple / Like touching / Your nose / When washing / Your face." It's all very simple. So why am I talking so much then?
For two reasons: First I'm reminding myself over and over again that it really is simple, simple like touching your nose when washing your face. And I'm also doing my job and reminding all of you. Sometimes I get worried that none of us quite remembers this.
Q: It's easy to get your face dirty again.
ZMWK: Yes.
"The great flood / Swallows everything / All fish attain / The place / Of no water." Where is the place of no water? A Zen poem says, "Fish don't know the water; birds don't know the sky." Another poem says, "Birds fly, feathers fall. Fish swim, the water gets muddy." So in this world, swimming in the ocean of life and death, the water gets muddy. And even in the vast openness of the sky, still feathers fall.
His last poem: "Where is the distinction / Where is the distinction / People killing people / In this whole world / Where is the distinction"
Questions? Answers?
Q: What is the word distinction referring to?
ZMWK: What do you think it's referring to?
Q: It's referring to making opposites.
ZMWK: Yes.
Q: So any opposite? Because it's a very general word. All opposites?
ZMWK: Yes, that's true, but it depends on how you want to take the line "People killing people." If you want to take it quite literally like the situations we seeing going on right now, or "As soon as you make distinctions, people are killing people." You are killing your true personhood as soon as you make distinctions. That's why the third ancestor's poem says, "The great way is not difficult. Only don't make distinctions." But there is a problem when countries and races and ethnic groups make distinctions and then get caught by the distinctions. What's inside my sphere is good, correct, right, on God's side, and so on, and what's over there is a threat. And from that, people kill people and then it raises the question "In this whole world where is the distinction?" The great way is not difficult. Only don't make distinctions. That doesn't mean don't see that the wall is white and the floor is brown. It means don't get caught by that.
Q: Isn't he making a play on Joju's poem where he says "Country bumpkin where's the distinction?" I know he liked that kong-an. I have a feeling he is playing with that because it's very different within that context than in the way Joju used it.
ZMWK: He's taking a line from there, just like this other one, "Simple, simple, simple like touching your nose when washing your face." That comes from Layman Pang and his family. There is some set of interchanges where one of them says, "Practice is very difficult," and he gives some analogy. Then the other one says, "No it's not difficult, it's very simple. It's just like touching your nose when washing your face." The third one says, "Not easy, not difficult" and gives another image. You can see his roots in the Zen tradition in these poems, in how he uses Zen poetics in ways he wants to. Which is a kind of maturity to be able to use your influences in the way you want to.
Q: I have a question that I've been carrying around. It pertains to the last poem and I guess it appeals to you both in your Zen master hat and your psychotherapist hat: There are a couple of places in our formal teachings where it says, there are actions and you have to mind your actions, but even thought processes are things that have a reality to them so if you have these negative thoughts toward them then maybe it is something you should look at. Years ago I heard Dr. Cornel West speak. He was sort of just ad-libbing, but he came to a point that he and a lot of other speakers from all backgrounds have made, specifically talking about race. He said you always have to be aware of racism within you. (It was a predominantly white audience, just to give some context.) He said, "I know there is a little bit of a racist in you because I know there is a little bit of a racist in me." It was a very powerful statement, first sounding like he was pointing the finger, but then saying "Hey no, no: Me." So I've carried that around, and more and more you hear all these people talk and fewer and fewer people say that they think they are racist and yet there is still something. So it's been a big, long, ongoing meditation, and I find that the more I look the more I find that things work on a cognitive level that is way beyond my consciousness, down to the point where I'll see something, some people, and have these impulses. I have these thoughts. Or maybe I'll feel a certain way after I see a certain person. My question to you is: Our practice would initially say, "Be aware of it; let it pass through." But on another level—this is where maybe as a psychotherapist you can help me—what are your thoughts about how to confront that? Is there any active way other than just being open and trying our best to take in each person as they come with an open mind? Is there, maybe not a technique, but perhaps some mindful way of dealing with that?
ZMWK: Well, that's what you just said: if you're cultivating awareness and looking, then you will keep in touch with that. That was his point. His point seems to be don't go to sleep on that fact and many other facts that are divisive. Of course Cornel West, for those of you who don't know him is, a Christian theologian. I forget from what sect, some Protestant sect, and he's a professor, these days at Princeton, used to be at Harvard. Very bright guy, and he usually comes from some point of religious humanism. So it doesn't surprise me that he would first challenge the audience and then say, "Yeah, I know I have it." There is some line that Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount about seeing the mote in your own eye as well as in somebody else's eye. So that's an encouragement to "Look!" Don't go to sleep on these things. Stay active, stay awake. That's enough. I'm sure you could devise some techniques that would bring that up in some dramatic form, but I don't know that you need to do that.


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I made this card for our cousins' graduation! It was a fun and simple one to make once I had the idea...
The main part of the card is the window - I just love the transparency paper I bought from the Studio Calico shop! You can buy transparency paper at an office supply store, but I've found it to be super expensive and you have to buy a lot of it, whereas SC sells it in just this pack of 10 sheets!
To start the card though, I added strips of, believe it or not, 3M Scotch brand washi tape that I picked up at Office Max the other day! They had some really cools color combinations, and I've determined I need more washi tape that has multiple colors in it, rather than just one color! This washi still feels and tears like normal washi tape, but the colors are very vibrant - I am loving that Scotch makes these now!
Anyway, after laying down strips of washi across the whole card, I cut out the frame from my Silhouette, then cut the inner rectangle out of the front of the card. I cut a rectangle slightly larger from the transparency and adhered to the back of the frame before adhering the full frame down. Added some thickers and stamped a personal congrats to our cousin Ray across the bottom and done! The only thing I'm thinking of adding is possibly backing the window with the cash we are going to give him :)

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I know I haven't been posting enough about food and vegan goodies recently, but I promise I've been cooking! It's so hard to grab a moment in front of the computer to think and write, let alone prepare dinner for the family. And this is the most important time to make sure we are all well nourished. Winter can be a drag on our immune systems and that compounded by all the nursing I'm doing, well, ordering delivery is just not going to cut it in the nutrient department.
So...I've been doing dinners composed mainly of rices and beans and greens and winter squashes and the such. There are a million different varieties, so I'm trying to shake it up as much as possible, but truth be told, we like it fairly simple on a nightly basis in this house. I've purchased a plethora of variety in both the rice and bean departments and my shelves are totally stocked with red rice, black rice, pintos, black soys, adukis, kidneys, garbanzos (sounds like a muppet, no?). You name it, I've got it.
That said, cooking these nutrient packed dinners could take hours and hours and this lady's only got minutes in the kitchen, so I've figured out a system that's working perfectly and I'm pretty proud of how organized I've been about it (read: generally I'm none too planned or organized).
A couple months or so ago, we went to my friend Kelly's house to hang with her fam and coo over her gorgeous new baby. While prancing baby Lucia around the apartment I spotted a little kitchen device I hadn't yet seen and started poking around. Long story short, days later I had purchased my own VitaClay Rice Cooker. A week later I bought a second!
It's something between a clay stew pot and a pressure cooker. I can set it to cook however I like (stew, rice, etc) and at whatever time I like for as much time as I like. And then after it's done cooking it releases pressure and stands at a "Keep Warm" setting until I'm ready. It's brilliant! And it's way better than my old Cuisinart pressure cooker in that it's clay, so I'm not worried about any leaching or scratching from non-stick surfaces.
(Almost) every morning, I soak some rice in one, beans in another (with kombu of course). A couple hours before dinner, I drain, put new water, add whatever veggies, and turn the VitaClay's on. Dinner basically cooks itself!
So, when I need to sit and nurse, or get Avi in the bath, there's no need to jump up to turn off the stove before I burn dinner (which I've done my fair share of times). I love LOVE my VitaClays! They're a health-conscious, vegan mama's dream come true;)


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It's really amazing how many people are waking up to the fact that "chemtrails" are different from "con-trails." What was once considered a conspiracy to many is now a fact, chemicals are constantly sprayed into our atmosphere and have been for quite some time now. Not long ago, NASA personnel gave a lecture (that was also streamed live) at their Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. It was a series of talks by scientists and engineers exploring the topic of Geoengineering and Climate Intervention. Some of you might be thinking, "Geoengineering, what is that?" Geoengineering encompasses strategies to combat and reduce the effects of global warming and climate change. It's the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climatic system, and one of these methods, as illustrated in the lecture, is called Solar Radiation Management (SRM) by spraying stratospheric aerosols into the atmosphere. The lecture outlines how SRM would require the equivalent of airplanes spraying aerosols into our atmosphere for decades. You can see this at approximately the 32 minute mark. It seems it's already happening. These programs are also considering spraying Aluminum into the atmosphere (if not already doing it).
"There might be some good reasons to think about aluminum. Aluminum has four times the volumetric rate for small particles as does sulphur. That means you have roughly 16 times less the coagulation rate, and that's the thing that really drives removal." – David Keith, Canadian Environmental Scientists, Professor of Applied Physics at Gordon McKay, Professor of Public policy, Harvard University, President of Carbon Engineering.
The idea of spraying aluminum into our atmosphere goes way back, patents exist that clearly demonstrate the consideration of such materials that include the oxides of metals which have high emissivity. These include harmful substances like aluminum oxide and thorium oxide. A great patent example is one from the Hughes Aircraft Company that dates all the way back to 1990, that's over twenty years ago. You can take a look at it here.


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Your scalp develops dry, flaky skin, and it begins to itch.
Whenever you are under stress, the itch worsens. Sometimes, blotches of redness appear on the skin, especially around your face, upper chest, back and groin area.
You may be suffering from a condition known as seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is a common skin ailment that is similar to eczema. It causes flaky, white to yellowish scales to form on oily areas of the skin such as the scalp, face or inside the ear. It can occur with or without reddened skin.
As seborrhoeic dermatitis is very common, most people do not realise that it is a problem. They treat this as part of the growth process.
Cradle cap is the term used when seborrhoeic dermatitis affects the scalp of infants, and it usually clears after a few months.
In adults, seborrhoeic dermatitis usually affects the scalp and causes a high production of dandruff. Sometimes, it appears as scaly patches or red skin that can itch or burn.
A common chronic skin problem
Seborrhoeic dermatitis affects 2-10% of the general population. In a study published in 2008, the Chinese Journal of Dermatovenero-logy reported that the incidence of Asian adolescents aged 12-20 years affected by seborrhoeic dermatitis are, in Macao (2.66%), Guangzhou (2.85%), Malaysia (17.16%), and Indonesia (26.45%).
Seborrhoeic dermatitis affects areas where sebaceous glands (oil glands) are present in high density and are most active. This skin disorder causes scaling, erythema (reddening), and sometimes pruritus (itching), which progresses to flakiness, and when it becomes more severe, crusting of the skin.
Apart from the scalp, some commonly affected areas are the naso-labial folds (nose area), eyebrows, eyelids, behind the ears, face and centre of the chest.
According to Datuk Dr Noor Zalmy Azizan, a consultant dermatologist at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, seborrhoeic dermatitis is often under-diagnosed and under-treated. The reason is because even though this skin disorder can be uncomfortable and causes embarrassment, it does not really affect general overall health. Thus few patients make a fuss about it.
In infants, seborrhoeic dermatitis takes the form of cradle cap (yellowish scaling on the scalp) and inflammation of the groin folds that often manifests in the first few weeks of life.
Dr Zalmy explained that infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis does not necessarily cause extreme itchiness. Hence, the baby often appears undisturbed by the rash, and the condition is usually resolved when the baby is 12 months old.
In adults however, seborrhoeic dermatitis may take the form of red, yellow or whitish scaly patches on the scalp, behind the ears or on the eyebrows. It may look like a bad case of dandruff on their face!
Adults – usually those aged 30-60 – who are struggling with seborrhoeic dermatitis often live their lives feeling embarrassed at work and in their social life. They are often described as being dirty, unhygienic, and even drunk (the red face).
This skin disorder may need many repeated treatments before the symptoms go away.
Even though there is no specific cure for seborrhoeic dermatitis, there is a wide range of products available to treat its symptoms.
Consensus on treatment recommendations
To address specific issues of skin diseases, the Primary Care Skin Forum 2016 was held at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur earlier this year.
Along with the views and recommendations of experts, the forum also saw the launch of a new guidebook for seborrhoeic dermatitis, the Asia-Pacific Seborrhoeic Dermatitis Leaders' Summit 2014: Consensus Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Seborrhoeic Dermatitis in Asian Patients.
This guidebook summarises the consensus recommendations by Asian consultant dermatologists and consultant paediatricians regarding the diagnosis and management of seborrhoeic dermatitis within the Asian context.
Speaking at the event was University of Catania, Italy, Dermatology Department head and Dermatologist Residency Program director Prof Dr Giuseppe Micali, who highlighted the limitation of the current treatments for seborrhoeic dermatitis.
"In my experience, when there's inflammation, topical anti-fungal ointments are not very effective. So, we need a combination of therapies.
"There needs to be non-prescription agents, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and antifungals that represent a promising approach in the management of some mild to moderate forms of seborrhoeic dermatitis, as demonstrated by in vitro and in vivo studies," he said.
The quest for a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatment modality is urgent because most present treatments focus on using corticosteroids to treat the potential presence of fungi or other organisms on the surface of the skin. However, this group of drugs do have some unfavourable side effects, especially when used long-term or on sensitive areas of the skin such as the face and hands, or on children.
The side effects vary from mild and reversible thinning, to irreversible telangiectasiae (fine blood vessels becoming visible at the surface of the skin), striae distensae (marks similar in appearance to stretch marks) and Cushing syndrome (a round-shaped face, upper body weight gain, and skin that bruises easily).
With regular use, the steroids' effectiveness may also be affected, and that may lead to the use of more potent steroids.
There may also be a risk of growth suppression and adrenal suppression in children with the use of topical steroids.
Recommendations by experts
One of the strongest consensus recommendations in the guidebook is the use of an anti-inflammatory agent that is non-steroidal and has anti-fungal properties as first line treatment.
This agent should help enhance the natural barrier of the skin (which is altered in seborrhoeic dermatitis), and subsequently restore its natural physiology.
The agent in question is a cream that has been shown to work within days in babies diagnosed with cradle cap, as presented in real patient case studies by Malaysian paediatricians during the launch of the guidebook.
The cream has been shown to be effective and well-tolerated for treatment of mild to moderate seborrhoeic dermatitis of the face, scalp and body. It has been shown to provide comparable results with topical steroid (desonide cream 0.05%), but with better relapse prevention rates.
The cream contains none of the immune-suppressing agents or steroids. On top of that, it is effective as single therapy (monotherapy) for the treatment of mild to moderate seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Prof Micali observed that the effectiveness of the cream is most likely due to a synergistic effect of piroctone olamine (antimycotic action), propylene glycol (keratolytic action), allantoin and glycyrrhetinic acid (anti-inflammatory action).
This non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory cream provides an effective option for the management of this disease.
This article is courtesy of A. Menarini.


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Aconcagua is the perfect high altitude mountain for all sorts of shenanigans, because it has something for everyone: the South Face is among the biggest walls in the world, with some 9000ft of highly technical climbing; the Polish Glacier on the east side of the mountain offers a moderate technical option. And then there's the Normal Route leading up the northwest ridge.
The Normal Route is mostly a walkup; there are no glaciers or major cliff bands that could pose serious objective hazards. It is also the most popular way up the mountain; Plaza de Mulas at its foot is rumored to be the second largest basecamp in the world, and from there a well-worn track leads most of the way to the summit. Now... that's not to say that getting up the mountain via the Normal Route is easy. No matter how non-technical it may be, the route still gains almost 4000 meters / 13,000ft from the park entrance to the summit. It is long, it is steep, and the conditions above basecamp are often brutal.
How long and steep, you ask? Great question - it's not that simple. Interviews with Fernanda Maciel, the current women's speed record holder, suggest that the entire route is somewhere between 40 and 45 kilometers in length one way. Kilian Jornet, who briefly held the men's speed record in 2014, recorded a distance of 59.85km for the roundtrip or just under 30km one way. My own GPS data from a 2014 climb comes in at right around 34kms one way.
So much for the distance question. But how steep? This one is easier to answer: at first not very steep at all; then, very steep. The approach to basecamp follows the Horcones Valley which ascends so gradually that it is almost imperceptible for a good portion of the hike. But the story changes drastically after Plaza de Mulas: the final 10 kilometers from basecamp to the summit cover almost 2,700m of elevation gain, translating into an average gradient of 26-27%.
There are five camps in between the park entrance and the summit. The first two, Confluencia and Plaza de Mulas, offer relative luxury thanks to local logistics providers: Inka Expediciones and a few others maintain semi-permanent tents to provide meals and bunk beds for their clients. In addition, there is ample mule traffic all the way up to Plaza de Mulas which makes it easy to move loads up to basecamp. Once past Plaza de Mulas everything gets harder: the air is thinner, the temperatures colder, the comfortable logistics support a distant memory (unless you're hiring expensive porters to help carry gear as high as Nido de Condores). Put all those factors together with the increased steepness, and you'll easily see why the 25km to Plaza de Mulas is typically done in only three days, while it's then another ~ ten days to cover the remaining 10 kilometers from Plaza de Mulas to the summit.
Aconcagua via the Normal Route is not much of a technical challenge, but (or maybe "because of that") it makes for an excellent introduction to high altitude mountaineering; the Normal Route also lends itself to comparatively safe solo missions. Hopefully these maps are useful for you as you're following along friends on the mountain or if you are researching your own Aconcagua climb.
On that same note here is one last resource: the tentative mountain itinerary for our women's team climb that starts right after Christmas. The actual schedule is of course dependent on weather and team condition, but this strawman is a pretty good blueprint of how to tackle a 7000 meter peak with solid acclimatization.


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In the past year I've read over 150 books and listened to more than 400 hours of podcasts. Now after two and a half years in the creative desert of patent illustration I want more than anything to make something real and new. My mind is a treasure trove of ideas and stories ready to birth new worlds.
I'm digging into a small stack of moleskines and bringing out the best ideas.
This is so overdue. My schedule is hell, it's been hell for years, Dante had to start there so why can't I.
I have a nice home set up to work from. Anytime I feel like I can't find time I'll just remind myself of the considerable investment I've made in putting my ideal office together. Also I'm on Twitch www.twitch.tv/paparhombus go there and make me beholden to your expectations. Social media is the beast I've feared for far too long but it the beast I need to ride whether I like it or not. I'll just be learning the ropes on twitter @paparhombus.
This isn't just a big social media plug for myself. Just an introspective. We al have our tales to tell, this is mine.


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Vinod Rai, the head of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), on Friday (April 28) requested legends like Sachin Tendulkar to speak more often on issues related to administrative reforms in the game in India.
"It is still in the process of negotiation. For example, when you go to buy vegetables, you try and bargain. Similarly, an offer has been made and we will examine it. So, let's not jump to conclusions," Rai said. "It's all part of the game. Let it unfold slowly. Let's see how it progresses and what happens."
On Friday, reports claimed that members of the Indian team are yet to receive their match fees and other incentives that have accumulated over the past six months. However, Rai denied the report, claiming that there may have been unresolved issues with a few individuals. "That report is totally false. Show me the report. I will show you my records that the payments have been made. Maybe, something is held up somewhere. All players have been paid. In fact, we have paid the state associations also. Maybe if someone has been left behind, we will take care of it. There must be some reason. We will obviously rectify it and will rectify it within 24 hours," he said.


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Episode 21: Colorwork mittens, Needle talk, Christmas Socks, and a KAL for 2018!
Episode 21 is full of mystery and intrigue - nah, not really - but come join me anyway! I discuss my Christmas socks, needles, and color work projects. All with tips and tricks woven in! I also announce the first ever Treehouse Knits KAL - a "KitAlong!" and announce the winner of our Episode 20 drawing.
Cascade Heritage Sock - Wave
Chicagoo, Signature and Addi Needles
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By Manny Jacobson
It's official. We managed to fit an entire semester's worth of work into 2 weeks and let me tell you, it has been a blast. Where in the world did the time go? It feels as though we just arrived in D.C. a couple of days ago. The amount of things this group has done over the past two weeks is quite overwhelming, but we powered through it and manage to stay happy and cohesive.
Katie Allen was absolutely correct in place a certain group quote as her number 1 quote for her article about our happy cohesive group. That quote is "This is not how this works. This is not how any of this works"! I'll remind you that she posted this only half way through our 2 week adventure.
I'm proud to say that after finishing the second and final week, the meaning behind this quote is strengthened even more.
The name of the seminars were "Exploring Bipartisanship", as well as "Politics and the Media". After going through both seminars, the names should be, "Exploring Partisan Gridlock" and "Politics Versus the Media".
Except for a couple of rare instances, everything we experienced lean towards the later. It seemed as though speakers from both weeks were contradicting each other or flat-out blaming the other guy for what is wrong. Whether it being politicians arguing across the aisle or the media and politicians bickering about transparency.
Now I did mention that there were a couple of instances. It appears that when tragedy strikes in our nation every seems to banned together and work together.
The best example of this, in my opinion, was brought up today in a seminar with Ann Compton (Former White House Correspondent, ABC News). Compton was the one broadcast journalist who assigned to follow the president around on 9/11. She was in the classroom in florida when President Bush's Chief of Staff alerted the President of the ongoing attack.
That day, Ann Compton was one of two reporters that were on flying around with the president in Air Force One. Initially, officials tried to boot the reporter off the plane the first chance they had, however, with minimal arguments, they gave in and realized that for some odd reason she needed to be there. America needed her there.
The entire story took nearly 9 minutes to tell, but they point that I'm trying to get at is that, the people need to know that the president there and there for them. Although, in this case he was in the only plane fly in U.S. airspace at the time, the citizens were somehow comforted by the reports later released by Compton.
This is hard for me to acknowledge, but it does appear that tragedy or resolving tragic events, such as the termination of Osama Bin Laden (5/2/11) almost forces cohesiveness. Presidential approval ratings, as well as ratings for the news organizations curiously increase around these events.
Personally, as much as I want everything to work and everyone to get along, I don't want major disasters to be the only reason cohesiveness occurs. It is this reason that I, personally, do not have as big of a problem with the media and government transparency debates.
Without going into too much detail, and boring you all to death, the same instances occur with the debates and gridlock in congress.
Bipartisanship only seems to truly occur after something like a government shutdown or declaration of war occurs. Frankly, something about this needs to change right now.


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text: The Third Annual Miramichi Striper Cup 2017 JC Cormier, Ambassador The Third Annual Miramichi Striper Cup 2017 Anglers flock to the Miramichi Striper Cup, an annual tournament dedicated to promoting conservation and rebuilding of the striper stock population The Miramichi Striper Cup is a striped bass tournament on the Miramichi River in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick. The tournament consists of four divisions. It includes a team division, individual division, shore division and a family division. This tournament began two years ago and has become the biggest tourney on the east coast of Canada.Not long ago, the striped bass were all but decimated. Due to government intervention, the striped bass have made a comeback and have completely taken over the river. Though they are plentiful, this fishery is only hot for roughly a month (mid-May to mid-June) on the Miramichi while spawning occurs.Three of my good friends and I decided to enter the tournament this year, naming our team "On the Line." It was an experience I will never forget and plan to do again next year. I had never seen so many fish in an area at one time! You can almost see the water boil with them spawning. At one point, we had a closer view of what was causing the boiling. We saw a big female float by our boat at the surface with 8 to 12 smaller males all around her, seemingly nudging her all over her body with their snouts. We then realized why we would never get a strike when casting out to these boils. They were likely attempting to get her to drop her eggs so they could fertilize them. Either way, they were not at all interested in our offerings. We witnessed this same occurrence a few more times over the weekend which more-or-less confirmed our suspicions.The bone-chilling weather on day one made for a bit of a challenge, but the Rib Festival, which takes place on the same grounds as the weigh-in, was a welcome sight after eight hours of fishing in cold weather. Though we are all well-seasoned salmon and trout anglers, we had only targeted striped bass on occasion. We entered this tournament blindly, other than reading up on fishing forums for stripers to try to get a heads-up on this fishery. There are so many bass in the river, that it's almost impossible not to catch any. What separates the amateurs from the pros in this tournament is the knowledge to consistently hook onto the lunkers. I was lucky enough to catch one of these beauties on the last day. I did so merely on a hunch which paid off, but unfortunately, we were unable to locate some more before the tourney ended. Watch out, though, because we'll be doing our homework for next year... Caught himself a lunker! (Photo courtesy of JC Cormier)On day one we caught about 20 to 30 fish, landing us in 88th place with only 13.6 pounds of fish. Despite the lack of lunkers, we had an absolute blast reeling in fish one after another. It was a cold, cloudy and windy day, but we were still confident we would get fish and we did. I always prefer fishing on a cloudy day over a sunny one. The second day gave us completely different weather, with little to no wind in the morning, bright sunny skies, and somewhat warmer temperatures. Due to one of our many mishaps that weekend, which involved not being able to find the boat key, we ended up having an hour delay to start off day two. I didn't like hitting the water that late, as I find fish tend to switch off once the sun hits the water. Generally, fishing did turn out to be very slow for most competitors as a result of the warm, sunny day. We only got two fish on the second day, but we still made a bit of a comeback with my 15.5-pound hen, moving us up to 35th place. Not great, but not bad for a first attempt at a striped bass tournament, competing against some of the best bass anglers in Canada and the USA. Overall, we enjoyed participating in this tournament and we had a great time. The organizers did a fantastic job pulling off such a large competition with probably 2,000 participants. It has been growing exponentially since its beginning two years ago, and will likely be even bigger next year with even more fantastic prizes. We will definitely be back next year! To learn more about this tourney, visit http://miramichistripercup.ca/. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here.


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Written by Lykke Parbo
Individualizing consumers in large international companies sounds almost impossible. But when you rephrase the word to customization it sounds more familiar. The online presence of companies makes interaction and data extraction more accessible. Extracting individual data from consumers enables you to customize your content and your future interaction. It's a full circle starting with among other things interaction to gain knowledge/data for the purpose of customizing future interactions. What I want to highlight by this post is the value created by viewing the consumers as individual identities and how this can help you interact using social medias.
The increased interaction has made the consumers co-creating moderators in developing the brand story (Gensler et al. 2013). Each individual consumer has an identity, which somehow relates to the brand. The personality of the consumer is easily expressed in an informal and personal tone using social media. By using social platforms you are able to manage the consumer relationships on an individual level and extract personal data from the consumer.
The 90-9-1 Rule
Extracting data from the consumer can be done in various ways through the Internet. Sometimes the consumers are aware of the monitoring and sometimes they are not. Deighton & Kornfeld (2009) introduces five interactive marketing paradigms: Thought tracing, Activity tracing, Property exchange, Social exchange and cultural exchange. Referring to social media, activity tracing and social exchange are the most relevant. Farber (2005) emphasizes the "always-on" concept. The consumer is always available and always an audience and their activities can always be traced when being online. Referring to the concept of viewing the consumers as individual identities, Farber (2005) speaks of the social exchange paradigm. When thinking of social exchange you might refer this to engaging online communities and highly expressive discussion forums. But this might not be the case. Nielsen (2006) presents three types of interaction with a percentage to follow: 1 % is heavy contributors and account for most of the contribution, 9 % intermittent contributors and contributes from time to time and 90 % are lurkers and only observes. If you turn this around it reflects that: 90 % of the
postings are from 1 % of the users, 10 % of the postings come from 9 % of the users and the last 90 % of the users do not create any postings. This is called the 90-9-1 Rule. The social media enables the consumers "watch" others. Interaction can thereby both be active or passive. But how do you co-create content with a passive audience?
Is the 90-9-1 Rule dead?
Many companies are still basing their online decisions on the survey. But made in 2006, is it still valid? The metaphor of bowling vs. pinball approach used by Hennig-Thurau et al. (2010) illustrates the shift from the traditional one-way marketing to the chaotic and interactive way of social media marketing. Hennig-Thurau et al. (2013) reflects on the pinball approach and emphasizes the rising consumer power, co-creation of brands and social-CRM as a part of the increased interaction developed by the use of social media. This view is supported by Schneider (2011) introducing a survey resulting in a 70-20-10 Rule (same principle as the 90- 9-1 Rule). The percentage of lurkers is still very high, but though decreasing. Ernst & Young (2012) supports the increasing interactivity and individuality of consumers advising today's companies to turn consumer relationships into collaborative partnerships to keep track of the changing consumer behaviours. "To engage with consumers effectively, organizations need to use language and content that truly connects with them" continuing "consumers want customization more than ever" (Ernst & Young, 2012; 23). These statements truly emphasize the need for viewing the consumers as individual identities.
How to succeed – P&G
An example of a company using online data to understand and interact with consumers is Procter & Gamble (P&G) (McKinsey, 2011). P&G scans the Internet for commentaries relating to the company, sorts them and sends them to the relevant brand manager to take action. The digital workforce behind this runs the comments through a system, which enables them to locate repetitions, known sources/consumers, negative comments etc. By doing this P&G can i.e. spot lead users. This digital workforce enables P&G to view the consumers as individuals and to do segmentation.
As the social medias evolve the consumers are becoming more interactive. For some the 90-9- 1 Rule still applies, but for most companies it is dead. The consumer interaction and need for customization pressures the companies to make use of all data available online to individualize the consumers and track their behaviours. The social media universe opens up countless possibilities to get to know your customers, but it also demands that you react and response quickly to the trends and behaviours by extracting knowledge of the consumers. Knowing the consumers on an more or less individual level will help you interact and create the right content and presence on social media.
This post has been focused on the trends of interaction and individualization has evolved. But how should the companies react to this in terms of their brand value? A question for further research could be: if the brand should embrace the consumers' identities and let their values shine through in the brand or if the brand should stick to their own brand values and let the consumer embrace them?
Reference list:
Deighton, John & Kornfeld, Leora (2009), "Interactivity's Unanticipated Consequences for Marketers and Marketing", Journal of Interactive Marketing 23, p.4–10
Ernst & Young (2012), publication:"This time it's personal: from consumer to co-creator", EYGM Limited, extracted from: www.ey.com on February 12, 2015.
Farber, Dan (2005), "Getting a piece of the action: The attention eco-
nomy", http://www.zdnet.com/article/getting-a-piece-of-the-action-the-attention-economy/, (accessed February 10, 2015),
Gensler, Sonja;Völckner, Franziska ; Liu-Thompkins, Yuping &Wiertz, Caroline (2013), "Managing Brands in the Social Media Environment," Journal of Interactive Marketing, 27, 4, p.242–56.
Hennig-Thurau, Thorsten; C. Malthouse, Edward; Friege, Christian; Gensler, Sonja; Lobschat, Lara; Rangaswamy, Arwind & Skiera, Bernd (2010), "The Impact of New Media on Customer Relationships," Journal of Service Research 13, 3, p.311–30.
Hennig-Thurau, Thorsten; Hofacker, Charles & Bloching, Björn (2013), "Marketing the Pinball Way: Understanding How Social Media Change the Generation of Value for Consumers and Companies", Journal of Interactive Marketing 27 (2013) 237–241
McKinsey (2011), "Inside P&G's digital revolution", McKinsey Quarterly, November 2011. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/consumer_and_retail/inside_p_and_ampgs_digital_revol ution (accessed February 11, 2015)
Nielsen, Jakob (2006), "Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute", Blog: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/participation-inequality/ , (accessed February 10, 2015),
Schneider, Paul (2011)," Is the 90-9-1 Rule for Online Community Engagement Dead? [Data]", blog: http://blog.socious.com/bid/40350/Is-the-90-9-1-Rule-for-Online-Community- Engagement-Dead-Data, (accessed February 11, 2015)


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One of my all-time favorite post-workout protein smoothies! Easy to throw together, and never seems to get old. Give it a try!
1/2 frozen banana
1/2-3/4 cup almond milk, *you can always add more to thin it out
1 scoop vanilla @teraswhey protein powder
2 heaping spoonfuls (or Tbsp.) of raw peanut butter
1 tsp. 100% cacao
5-6 ice cubes depending on desired thickness
handful of spinach *optional
Blend in high speed blender until smooth! Enjoy while cold!


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A crime victim's suffering has a ripple effect on the family, friends, neighborhood, and the larger community. Without a coordinated effort to address the victim's needs—legal, mental health, security, housing—the victim can, and often does, feel helpless. Network for Victim Recovery of DC aims to change the impact of victimization by providing holistic, comprehensive services to victims of all types of crime in DC. Our charity of the month empowers victims to achieve survivor-defined justice through a collaborative continuum of advocacy, case management, and legal services. NVRDC also runs the advocacy portion of the city's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program, providing crisis intervention and case management to all sexual assault survivors in the District seeking a forensic medical exam.
For each almond creme cupcake (vanilla cake topped with almond frosting + toasted almonds) sold this month at Sticky Fingers, we'll donate $1 to support NVRDC. Eat cupcakes for charity!
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Police have revealed more about a major road policing operation in Tauranga involving a patched motorcycle gang.
Traffic coming into Tauranga was said to be blocked back to Omokoroa as police carried out the operation.
Senior Sergeant Denis Murphy, the officer in charge of the operation, has now given more detail.
He said there was a "large gathering of outlaw motorcycle gang members" in the area to attend a memorial service.
"Historically, gang rides have caused public concern with members riding en masse. Rides like this intimidate other motorists and are a deliberate and provocative breach of traffic laws," he said.
"They are also inclined to endanger members of the public, ignoring road safety rules, with complaints of dangerous driving, driving with the wrong class of licence and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs."
Mr Murphy said while police acknowledge that the delays to other motorists and road users were "unfortunate" - he made "no apology for policing gangs".
"We will be monitoring their movements with a particular focus on road safety and on ensuring our communities are not harmed or intimidated," he said.
"The stench of methamphetamine and crime wafts along behind gang members, and police encourage anyone who sees or hears anything about drug use or dealing to let us know."
Earlier today reports on social media said a road has been closed and scores of police officers and cars are stationed at a roundabout near the Bethlehem shopping centre.
The bikies were being stopped at the police roadblock as they headed towards the nearby Wairoa Marae.
The riders are understood to be heading to a tangi at the marae.
A reporter at the scene said police had cordoned off a section of Te Paeroa Rd, blocking it off at the roundabout that intersects with State Highway 2.
He counted at least nine police officers on one end of the cordon and six police cars and at least 18 police officers at the other end.
He said he could see one of the police booze buses parked up nearby.
An eye witness at the scene said he saw two motorcycles coming from the north on SH2 pulled over by police and sent through the cordon onto Te Paeroa Rd.
- Additional reporting: Bay of Plenty Times


text: I don't know what compelled to me to make these pillows. It just felt right to whip up a couple of letters to spell a word that comes up frequently in my household. Maybe its the way I've been feeling since its wintery and a time of year to hibernate indoors. I have a hunch they will come in handy on many occassions.


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Imported Promotional Products
Taking advantage of imported goods has always been a winning card when it comes to small businesses, the basic concept behind doing business with offshore companies is that they are able to provide a good product which has a lower cost of production thus bringing down the expenses of those who purchase such imported goods. When it comes to promotional products for medium and small businesses buying items in bulk is a great idea to the fact that they are a lot cheaper because they are sold and purchased at wholesale prices which again increase the revenue margin and drives down expenses. Cost Effective Solutions When it comes to marketing and advertising small businesses are always looking for new ideas and marketing techniques which are effective and at the same time don't cost too much to execute. The basic idea behind promotional product marketing is that such products must be able to deliver to your advertising or your message time and time again; in fact, this is the only reasonable way that your marketing investment is actually going to generate the revenue you expect. Since promotional products can be purchased in bulk at wholesale prices they are a very effective way to advertise new promotions, build a strong brand and create awareness within your community or business area. Revenue Margin and Buying Power Countries which enjoy the value of a strong currency in the global markets ...
Choosing Wholesale Promotional Products to Improve Your Business
Businesses give away promotional products because of two main reasons: to promote the products or services the business sells or provides, and to send message of "thank you" to costumers. They can be specially made products with imprinted company name and exclusively made as giveaways, or the product itself. Either way, giving away promotional products involves a substantial amount of investment, considering they are purchased wholesale. Thus the process of choosing what to give should be carefully evaluated on several factors. 1. Choose the wholesale promotional products that your costumers are looking for. There are lots of promotional products ideas out there. And all of them can be effective in one way or another. However, you still have to consider what your costumers want to receive and not relying on what is the most common or what costs less. Here are some of the features that your wholesale promotional products should posses: Quality. Promotional products bear your company's names. They provide an impression on what the company can provide. If you cannot provide superior quality on your promotional products, better choose another marketing strategy instead. Usefulness and Durability. The value of your promotional products depends not on the looks but on the usefulness. Also, it is very important that each promotional product can last for a long time. Attractiveness. Your ...
How to Source Wholesale Products
If you're starting a retail business and looking for products to sell, you'll need to find reliable wholesale suppliers. Sourcing wholesale products can be challenging, and there are certainly lots of pitfalls that business owners need to look out for. This serves as a guide with some helpful tips for finding the right wholesale product sources for your business in the US. Steps 1 Decide what you're going to sell. There are many ways to go about this. You want to choose products that are going to sell well, but that the market isn't completely flooded with. In that case, you would need to be ultra-competitive in order to get sales. Perhaps you make your own items to sell (like handmade jewelry or crafts), or you want to sell fashion accessories or clothing. To determine what kind of items are selling well, you'll need to look at trends. If you're opening up a physical store in your area, you'll need to do some research into local trends. If online selling is your game, then your potential for sales will increase exponentially. You can use one or more of the many online tools available to check out selling trends. eBay Seller Tools, for instance, are very robust and easy to use and allow you see product trends over a period time. 2 Choose your supplier type. Depending on what kind of business you're starting (online vs. brick and mortar), you'll need to decide on the type of who ...
Use Promotional Items at Trade Shows to Promote Your Business
Savvy companies today fully understand how competitive business can be. As a result, they do everything they can to promote their businesses in the best and most affordable manner possible. For many companies, this means ordering promotional items from a wholesaler or exporter and then giving them to employees and customers. When handled properly, promotional products can be an integral part of promoting your business. Selecting the right promotional items and corporate gifts is absolutely crucial because it can affect your entire business. The right products can help to convey the right message to current as well as prospective clients. Given the number and different types of promotional items that are available to choose from, the process of choosing the right products can often times be confusing. This is why it is important to spend some time looking for the right supplier and creative products that will convey the message you want to send. One of the ways in which promotional items are often used is in a trade show booth. Trade shows can be an excellent way to promote your business and products or services to existing customers as well as prospective customers. Taking advantage of trade show events can help to create a lasting impression and ultimately bring your business success. The way in which you set up your booth is often the first thing that will attract the passer-by. Along with making your trade show booth ...
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Commentary: Good news about smoking bans
Scotland study shows smoking bans help reduce asthma attacks in children.
To those who wonder whether smoking bans actually do any good, a recent study offers one more positive answer.
The new study, conducted in Scotland, looked at the number of children hospitalized with asthma following the implementation of a nationwide smoking ban in 2006. That number of hospitalizations fell by 13 percent a year after smoking was barred from workplaces and public buildings, including bars and restaurants.
Before the ban, admissions had been rising 5 percent a year in Scotland, which has a notoriously poor health record among European nations.
Other studies, including two in the United States, had found similar results. But this was the largest study of its kind, offering the strongest case yet that smoking bans can bring immediate health improvements for many people.
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Earth's Eye, 1990
40 cast concrete markers, each 22 × 14 × 6 inches
Installation at Collect Pond Park in Lower Manhattan
A Public Art Fund-sponsored installation on the site of the Collect, a buried pond in lower Manhattan, consisting of forty markers arranged in the shape of the pond as it appears on old maps. Each marker contains a relief cast referring to the natural and social history of the pond. Originally spring-fed and pristine, it was polluted by colonial industry and filled beginning in 1803. The title and inscription are taken from Thoreau's Walden—"A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air".


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FIFA 17 Review
The common knock against sports franchises is that they're glorified roster updates with some minor feature changes. Electronic Arts FIFA franchise has been on an impressive run, putting out high quality football games year after year. This year though, FIFA 17 brought the most substantial changes to the franchises in recent memory. Not only did EA take FIFA to their coveted Frostbite engine (used in games like Battlefield & Star Wars Battlefront) but they made their first ever story mode. With all these big changes, was EA able to keep the franchise rolling?
First things first: the move to Frostbite is a huge deal. I don't usually spend the beginning of a review talking about an engine change or graphics, but the upgrade to Frostbite in FIFA 17 is really spectacular. To start with, the character models are the most lifelike of any sports game on the market today. From their movement to the smaller details, they flourish in FIFA 17. Even the crowds have been made more lifelike with the new engine. Their reaction to the action on the pitch continues to push the realism forward.
One of the changes to FIFA 17 alongside the new engine is the speed of the match. Things move just slightly faster in FIFA 17 then they did in FIFA 16 and previous games. Part of that is that there's more fluidity in the pace of the game, resulting in you stringing together passes and dribbles far easier then before. It's a little unnerving at first to get used to the slightly faster pace, but after a couple of matches, I had forgotten about it. In return for this fluid movement, you get more lifelike plays and replays of the action, making for a more exciting overall experience.
The other big change for FIFA 17 is The Journey, the game's new career mode, and a first for any of the EA Sports titles from my recollection. In this you play as Alex Hunter, an upcoming footballer who is trying to make it into the Premiere League. He has some setbacks and it's your job to push him forward. The Journey is not an over-the-top in your face story like the one Spike Lee directed in NBA 2K16, but is more subdued and more a way to string games together rather than force a narrative down your throat. There's still some drama to be had but the stakes don't seem dire.
It actually feels quite similar to the career mode in this year's NBA 2K17 game. In between matches, you have practice drills to complete that help build XP. Before each game, you are given a set of objectives and scored in real-time during the match. It's just the right level of interactivity between the story and playing the game, and it keeps you wanting to progress. That's not to say the mode is without its faults. The story, although minimal, still has some cringe worthy segments. The dialogue feels at times forced to increase drama where there really isn't any. You also have dialogue options as Alex on how you respond to individuals with good, bad and neutral responses. Those have slight impacts on how your team, coach, and fans respond to you. Not the most elegant system but it works nonetheless.
There's just a ton of content packed into FIFA 17 including an updated Ultimate Team that makes this an extremely compelling package. I've sunk nearly thirty hours into FIFA 17 already and I don't see that stopping anytime soon. The new engine increases the spectacle of the sport while still keeping true to the franchise. This is a great looking game and easily one of the best sports games of the year.
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If you've ever wanted to make wine but didn't want to use up precious basement space, you'll envy folks within reach of a full-service make-your-own facility in New Jersey.
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Cal Poly
Cal Poly outlasts Southern Utah in wild football game
As long as the Cal Poly football team had to marinate in last week's loss on an 11-hour bus ride home from Northern Arizona afterward, the Mustangs didn't have to wait long to atone for the last-minute loss to the Lumberjacks.
As the storyline to Saturday's game against visiting Southern Utah began to resemble the previous week's loss, Cal Poly (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) consciously made sure to avoid a repeat heartbreaker by seizing a 42-39 victory at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
"You know it was going to come down to someone," Mustangs senior linebacker Nick Dzubnar said. "I'm pretty sure everyone had the taste of last week in their mouths, and I don't think they wanted that to happen again. If it did, I would be pretty disappointed. A lot of people had that on their minds. A lot of people were vocal. A lot of people were keeping their attitudes up and the energy up, which I think is huge."
Despite blowing all of a 21-0 first-quarter lead, Dzubnar and the Mustangs made a key fourth-quarter stop, and the Cal Poly offense churned yardage on its final possession to prevent the Thunderbirds (1-5, 1-1 Big Sky) from getting the opportunity for a last-gasp winning score.
After a 1-yard touchdown run by Southern Utah quarterback Ammon Olsen and a two-point conversion pass cut the Mustangs' lead to three points, Cal Poly took over at its own 28-yard line with 3:26 left in the game.
A single first down on a late possession at Northern Arizona would have won the Mustangs last week's game, and that time, they went three-and-out.
This time, Cal Poly got not one but three first downs and marched all the way to first-and-goal at the Southern Utah 9-yard line, where Mustangs quarterback Chris Brown took a knee to kill the clock.
Included in his career-highs with 28 carries and 133 yards, Cal Poly senior fullback Brandon Howe had a 14-yard run on the final drive that helped put the game away. Chris Nicholls had the 9-yard run for a first down after the Thunderbirds had exhausted their final timeout.
"To get the first downs that we needed is a situation like that was good for the confidence of our offense," Mustangs head coach Tim Walsh said, "and it was good for our defenses to make at least one or two stops that helped us win the game."
Cal Poly's defense created two turnovers, a first-quarter fumble recovery by senior defensive end Chris Judge and a fourth-quarter interception by senior safety Jordan Williams.
The biggest defensive stop came on a third-and-14 for Southern Utah at the Cal Poly 14-yard line with the Mustangs leading 35-31 early in the fourth quarter.
Dzubnar pressured Olsen and took him down for no gain to force a 38-yard field goal attempt for the Thunderbirds. Trevor McGirr missed wide, Cal Poly took over and drove 79 yards in seven plays as sophomore slotback Kori Garcia capped it off with a 5-yard touchdown run.
"Attitude had a lot to do with it," said Dzubnar, who had a game-high 15 tackles, including two for loss and a sack. "Last week, we got beat on a couple big plays, and guys probably dropped their heads a little bit. Out here, they have a big play, a big pass, we're able to step up and hold them to a field goal, and they missed the field goal."
Southern Utah had plenty of big plays.
Olsen was 29-of-43 passing for 402 yards and three touchdowns as the Thunderbirds racked up 504 yards of total offense.
But Cal Poly countered with a third straight solid offensive performance of its own.
Brown passed for 141 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 110 yards and another score. Garcia ran for 97 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Hines had two catches for 43 yards and a touchdown.
The Mustangs had 593 yards of total offense and scored 35 or more points for the third game in a row after averaging just 14 in the first two.
"We've really gotten comfortable with ourselves at the beginning of the year," Howe said. "We had to have some people step up due to injury and certain incidents. So, we had people step up, and now we've kind of matured as a unit. The trust factor has really set in."