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OptiMind Vs. Brain Pill: Detailed Review of The Good & The Bad
Nootropics are a hot topic these days, and thousands of men and women are out looking for a quick-fix pill that can uplift their mental well-being and help them get through the day with a sharp and relaxed mind.
When it comes to choosing a nootropic supplement, the choices seem endless and confusing. There are literally thousands of brand and generic brain supplements to choose from, and almost each one of them has both positive and negative reviews; happy and angry customers.
In this article I'm going to review two pre-made natural nootropic stacks that are often top-rated in this category, namely OptiMind and Brain Pill.
What Exactly Is It?
Both OptiMind and Brain Pill are over-the-counter dietary supplements used to improve brain health and mental performance.
OptiMind comes in capsule form and it is made in the US by AlternaScript.
Brain Pill is also a capsule that is manufactured in the US and sold and distributed worldwide by a Canadian-American company called Leading Edge Health.
How Effective Is It?
OptiMind is as good as a cup of coffee. It actually does contain caffeine alongside some other herbal ingredients (list below) for mental support. It can help you stay awake and focused as you mind your daily business.
Brain Pill can help you stay relaxed, focused, refreshed and mentally clear. It is designed for long-term daily use, and it may take a few weeks to realize the full benefits of this herbal blend.
Neither of these pills is a quick-fix brain booster - like Adderall, Ritalin, and other stimulant drugs - but they are good herbal products for moderate brain enhancement. They don't mess up your brain chemicals and natural flow like stimulants do.
How to Take It?
The recommended serving of OptiMind is 2 capsules taken in the morning. According to the label, it's ok to take up to 5 capsules in a day given that you don't take more than 2 within 3-4 hours.
For Brain Pill, the recommendation is also 2 capsules a day; 1 in the morning and another in the afternoon. The maximum allowed daily dose is 4 capsules, as per label instructions.
Normally, you'd want to take these every day but you can also use them as needed. Take the capsule with a glass of water. Food is optional, so try it with and without and see which works better.
Efficacy and results can vary from one individual to another. Not everyone may need the same dosage, so while keeping these instructions in mind, you'll need to figure out the right dosage and timing that work best for you.
What Are The Ingredients?
The following is a list of all the active ingredients in OptiMind as declared on the label (indicated dosage is per 1 serving or 2 capsules):
- Vitamin D (385 IU)
- Vitamin B12 (500 mcg)
- Calcium (44 mg)
- Magnesium (16 mg)
[Focus Blend:] (1,288 mg total)
- Bacopa Monnieri (Synapsa)
- L-Taurine
- Phosphatidylserine (SerinAid)
- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- Caffeine
- L-Tyrosine
- Alpha Lipoic Acid
- Vinpocetine
- Huperzine A
- Sulbutiamine
And these are the active ingredients in Brain Pill with the specific dosage of each ingredient per serving (2 capsules):
- Vitamin B6 (5 mg)
- Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) (400 mcg)
- Vitamin B12 (50 mcg)
- Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) (30 mg)
- Cognizin (250 mg)
- Synapsa (Bacopa Monniera) (320 mg)
- L-Tyrosine (175 mg)
- Phosphatidylserine (100 mg)
- Ginkgo Biloba Extract (100 mg)
- DHA Complex (Omega-3 Fish Oil Powder) (100 mg)
- L-Theanine (100 mg)
- Huperzia Serrata Extract (1% Huperzine A) (5 mg)
- Vinpocetine (5 mg)
The Good About OptiMind
Natural and Safe
All of the ingredients in this formula are obtained from natural sources. They have been the subject of many different third-party studies with proven effectiveness and safety.
You can take OptiMind as instructed every day for as long as you'd like without suffering from any significant side effects.
Made in the USA
OptiMind is manufactured in a GMP-certified facility that adheres to FDA regulations. The product however is not approved by the FDA since it's a dietary supplement not a drug.
The Bad About OptiMind
Free Trial Hook
Personally I'm not a fan of free trial products, particularly if it is a supplement. There is always a catch in a "free trial", and the catch here is that once you order the free trial you are automatically enrolled into a monthly subscription, where they will auto-charge your credit card and send you a new shipment every month until you cancel.
Not everyone may pay attention to the details or be able to cancel in time, which will result in an unexpected and unwanted credit card charge (this has happened to some customers). If you want to give me a free trial don't auto-charge me for further shipments unless I ask for it, otherwise it gets a thumbs down from me!
Contains Caffeine
Caffeine works -- we all know that, and most people take their daily dose of caffeine from coffee, tea and/or other caffeinated drinks, while others try to avoid caffeine altogether.
Putting caffeine in a nootropic supplement seems questionable to me. It makes it hard to tell if the other ingredients actually work, or it's just the caffeine effect.
Proprietary Formula
The product label only shows the aggregate dosage of all the main 10 ingredients combined, but it does not specify the exact amount of each ingredient.
The company claims the formula is sort of a trade secret that they don't want to give out to competitors, but that's more of a marketing hype with no scientific basis. All of the ingredients are widely known and used by others, and most manufacturers will tell you exactly how much of each ingredient you're getting -- this includes most top-of-the-line brands.
I normally avoid supplements that do not list the specific amount of each ingredient on the label. I'd like to know exactly what I'm putting into my body, and I also like to do my own research about the effective dosage of each ingredient through third-party websites rather than just taking the manufacturer's word for it.
Another concern I'd have here is that some ingredients may be underdosed. They do list the total dosage of the Focus Blend in the formula, and that is 1,288 mg (1.288 g) for 10 ingredients combined, but is that an adequate dosage? Let's just take one of those 10 ingredients; Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). In clinical studies where GABA was used, the tested dosage ranged from 800 mg up to 5,000 mg!
One bottle of OptiMind costs $43.31 and contains 16 servings (32 capsules). That's not a cheap supplement, but then most brand supplements are rather marked up.
The Good About Brain Pill
Natural Nootropic
Brain Pill contains 13 natural ingredients including herbal extracts, vitamins, and amino acids. This pill packs a variety of brain-enhancing nutrients that anyone looking for natural nootropics should try.
Made in the USA
This supplement is produced in the US by a cGMP-compliant facility.
The Bad About Brain Pill
Tall Claims
The manufacturer promises a long list of benefits that it almost sounds too good to be true. Truth is, while this supplement can help a little, the results are not as impressive as advertised.
It is not going to give you any extraordinary mental advantage or make you smarter than others. It is simply just a nutritional support for brain health and performance.
A Starter Dose
Some of the ingredients in Brain Pill come at an average dosage while others are at the minimum effective dosage. This may work well for a beginner, but if you are an old-time herbal nootropic user you may need to double the dose to get noticeable results.
Brain Pill is also on the pricey side. One box costs $79.99 and packs 30 servings (60 capsules).
Any Side Effects or Safety Issues?
There are no significant side effects associated with either of these two supplements.
You should be careful when taking OptiMind with coffee or any other drink that contains caffeine, since this supplement already contains caffeine. Too much caffeine can cause jitters, anxiety, headache and other negative side effects.
There is no information about drug interactions, but if you take other drugs or supplements for a specific health condition it is always advised to talk to your doctor first.
Final Thoughts and Recommendation
Both OptiMind and Brain Pill offer a good formula of herbal nootropics, and are worth considering for any adult in search of an all-in-one OTC brain enhancer. Each product has its strengths and weaknesses, and you may want to give each a try. But if I had to make a choice between the two I'd go with Brain Pill for these reasons:
- The label shows exactly the amount of each ingredient you get per serving.
- Contains four B-vitamins (B5, B6, B9, B12), which have been shown to slow memory decline and help with brain fog.
- Contains Ginkgo Biloba, which is a highly popular and recommended herb that may improve circulation and cognitive function.
- Contains L-Theanine, which reduces stress and improves sleep quality.
- Does not contain caffeine.
- No auto-shipments.
Where to Buy?
These two products are only sold online. OptiMind only ship to the United States while Brain Pill can deliver to most countries. Here are the links to the official websites where you can find more information and order online.


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Thanks layback bear, I put the decimals in the wrong place...
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Writhziden, can you take a look at the last crash dumps please?
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Also, the i-series Intel CPUs do not like voltages above 1.5 V. Take that into consideration as well.
Please remove any CD/DVD virtualization software, such as Daemon Tools/Alcohol 120%, as they use a driver called sptd.sys that is known to cause BSODs. Use add/remove programs to remove the software. After removing the software, use the sptd.sys uninstaller to remove sptd.sys from the system.
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Your crashes were DirectX/graphics card related. DirectX comes installed with Windows, so this may indicate Windows corruption. It may also be that you have corrupted drivers or a graphics card hardware problem.
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Have you tried the 11.7 drivers for your older graphics card?
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Writhzidden, I ran scannow without any violations.
Dxdiag ran and said no problems found.
I already did a clean install only days ago and used the wdm drivers and amd's latest.
I uninstalled Alcohol and used the clean up tool.
I'm a bit flummoxed by this whole situation, and suspect hardware or hardware incompatability somewhere.
The previous box was rock solid, (and using the software and more that you have marked as suspect) the parts that have changed are: intel i7 email@example.com, asus px68-v-lx
and ocz vertex 3 160gb ssd. The bits I've kept are: 8gb crucial ddr3:1300mhz, Ati radeon hd 4800 and the Emu 0404 soundcard. I suppose I could use the onboard graphics and see if that makes any difference. Have you any thoughts on my memory with this board?
Any other avenues I can explore?
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|25 Jun 2012
I need a bit more info to answer your question regarding the RAM: Download and install CPU-Z and Upload screenshots of the CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and SPD tabs. In the SPD tab, upload an image of each slot.
Also, in regards to the latest graphics card driver: A user contacted AMD the other day with a HD 4850 and was told that the newer drivers are designed more for 6000 and 7000 cards and he should revert back to 10.6. Newer games require 11.7, and Microsoft Windows Update also recommends 11.7, so that is why I mentioned that driver in particular. Newest drivers may not work for your card.
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Hi Mate,
I have installed the 11.7 drivers for the ati (which gives a driver version of 22.214.171.124)
Incidently, on the music partition changeing the driver made Cubase crash so had to revert to the newer one.
I've enclosed the screenshots you requested.
Thanks for the help.
PS I have a work machine that's giving problems but will start a seperate thread.
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|25 Jun 2012
See no problems related to the RAM. How is the non-Music partition running, by the way?
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|25 Jun 2012
So far OK, but I use the music side much more so it's hard to tell.
I'd like to find someway of making it crash but without knowing the problem
I presume that's not feasable?
I'm still thinking hardware because my (maybe faulty) logic tells me that there are 3 different components from the non crashing machine, mboard, cpu and ssd.
Faulty cpu's arent that common and the ssd has passed the usual tests.
That leaves the mboard but I have no real way of testing it other than to swap out which I'm loath to do, it's such a pain in the arse to rebuild the whole PC and I cant prove if it's faulty or not. Could be the psu even.
I'll try and stress out the non music side tomorrow (run a few youtube videos simultaneously with photoshop or something) and hopefully have another crash dump for some light reading for you!
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|26 Jun 2012
Sounds good. I think it is important to find out whether the non-music side works well. That would at least narrow things down to software if it is stable.
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|30 Jun 2012
Well, I've had no more crashes on the non music side (or the music side)
I have a new cpu fan to install so I thought I'd check the temps for comparison
before I install it later this coming week.
I noticed the cputin had a pretty high temp.
Should I be concerned or do you reckon it's a mis reported temp?
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There is news coming out of Turkey today on Aksam.com that Newcastle have put in a €20M (£17.5M) bid for what looks like our number one transfer target in January – 26-year-old Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun.
But the bid was said to be turned down by Besiktas' President Fikrit Orman who wants a fee of £20M for the player.
We certainly need a player who can start to score goals for Newcastle after we have managed only 10 goals in our first 10 games in the Premier League.
Last year we were well served by both Dwight Gayle (23 goals) and Matt Ritchie (16 goals) who between them scored 39 goals for us last season.
This season neither has scored a goal yet, and Dwight is struggling to get into the starting lineup.
Newcastle want to sign Cenk in January and with the club only presumably £2.5M short of Besiktas' valuation, a deal could be agreed between the clubs.
Crystal Palace and Tottenham are two Premier League clubs also interested in Cenk, and the Turkish club believe it will be difficult to keep their striker in January.
They are reported to be already looking at potential replacements.
Cenk Tosun – top target for January
Last season Tosun scored 24 goals and 4 assists in 47 games for his club and this season he has scored 6 goals and 2 assists in 10 games.
Since joining Besiktas from Gaziantepspor back in 2010, he has played 128 games with 56 goals and 12 assists for the Turkish club.
With the poor performance of our strikers so far this season, it seems critical that Rafa beings in at least one new striker in the January window.
That's if Newcastle are to finish in the top half of the table this season.
What do you think?
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Wow, you loved the Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffin recipe last year – I was blown away by how many views this recipe had. So it's back for 2017 but this time using oranges to flavour the cakes. They work just as well with the poppy seeds and hopefully it's made you all sing 'Oranges and Lemons'. The basis of the recipe is my World Famous Muffin Recipe; it's so versatile and works really well every time. To make your own, here's how:
- 200g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 300g self raising flour
- 4 medium eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- Zest and juice of 1 small orange
- 30g poppy seeds
Equipment Needed:
- Mixing bowl
- Metal dessert spoon (+ 1 additional to help you spoon the mixture into the cases)
- Tablespoon
- Scales
- Measuring jug (or a large mug will be fine!)
- Whisk
- Paper muffin cases (or silicone for the environmentally conscious!)
- 12 hole muffin tin
- Cooling rack
- Zester/fine grater
- In a mixing bowl, cream softened butter and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy (to cream the two, use a metal spoon and press and drag the mixture against the side of the bowl…you'll hear the sugar crunching)
- Add the flour to the bowl
- In a jug, whisk the milk and eggs together
- Add to the mixing bowl and combine gently in a figure of 8 movement until smooth (be careful not to overwork the flour by stirring to vigorously)
- Add the zest and juice of a small orange and the poppy seeds to your mixture and stir gently to combine
- Spoon the mixture into paper cases and bake in the oven (Gas Mark 5/200 degrees Celsius) for 20-25 minutes (when you check your cakes are ready press the top gently…if it springs back, it's cooked)
- Leave to cook on the rack
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When Hub started talking about getting a puppy, I knew I was done for. I knew that I would lose any argument about why we don't need to bring another living thing into our house. So, I just gave up and referred to the upcoming blessed event as "Not a puppy." As in, "When can we go look at not a puppy?" Or, "We're not getting a puppy, but are you thinking of names?" We went yesterday to look at them.
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i've read a lot about birthday traditions (for example, here) and i'm also thinking what traditions do we have for the kids. when i was young, my parents used to hold a small party to celebrate my birthday (at the beginning with just my two brothers, and when i'm bigger they'd invite kids from neighbours) and i remember there's always salad, deep-fried chicken wings and french fries apart from the cake.
perhaps the tradition we have for rafael & heather is we never really throw up any birthday parties. haha. but this year starting with rafael, i decided to put up some simple decorations. and you know what, rafael's eyes really lit up when he saw the balloons and banner after returning home from school that day (which was back in feb). : )
i've asked if rafael wanted to invite a few friends over to celebrate but he prefered going to disneyland for a treat. he's already asking to go to disneyland again on his next birthday so maybe that can be a tradition for the kid. (yes, it's at most a once-a-year event for our family...)
and for heather, as she's just recovered from a fever, we only stayed home for the weekend. but we reused the decorations and put on the special "happy birthday to me" tee saved for her special day.
i think she blew out candles for more than three times in a row. i know what to do for her next year (see idea 2 in this video).
and finally, as a tradition, a lousy little birthday poem for my dear little loved ones.
and a six and a three
our little boy has turned six, oh dear
i still can't believe how fast goes each year
you're even changing teeth, oh my
superheroes and ninjagos are the love of this guy
then on the day our girl turned three
snow white you announced you want to be
the most beautiful girl in daddy's eyes
your cheekiness brings us endless surprise
while you monkeys fight and you monkeys play
cries and laughters fill our house each day
happy birthday to our dearest munchkins
may love and peace you'll always have within
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We know that this is a very stressful time for you and your loved ones but when someone dies there are certain legal steps that you must go through.
Some of these steps can be done solely by you or another person or friend who knew the deceased.
Other steps need to be done by the executor or administrator of the estate.
Some of the first steps include.
- Obtain the Medical Certificate. (This is usually supplied by the doctor involved in pronouncing the death or the coroner's office if they are involved).
- Register the death at the registry office. ( A BD8 Form will be given to you to complete once the death is registered).
- Contact a funeral director of your choice.
- Begin making arrangements for the funeral. (if the deceased made a will you should check the will for any special requests or arrangement's made).
- Contact The Department of Work and Pensions. (This is to arrange for the pension to be stopped if being claimed).
- Contact the deceased's current employer if they were still employed.
- Contact any private pension suppliers if they had a private pension plan.
- Contact Job Centre Plus or the Social Security Office.(This is done to stop any benifits such as income support or job seekers allowance's).
- Contact HM Revenue and Customs. (to stop any tax credit payments if they were being claimed).
- Contact any doctors or health service providers.(This is to remove the deceased from their list and to arrange the return of equipment borrowed).
- Cancel any services provided by social services.(Meals on Wheels, transport etc.)
- Contact financial institutions. (Banks, Building societies etc ).
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Microsoft continues to take advantage of its large patent portfolio and has recently done more patent licensing deals around its Extended File Allocation Table (exFat) file system. The latest companies Microsoft has made deals with include automotive technology companies Audiovox, Continental, Harman and LG Automotive. According to a report from Accenture, the in-vehicle infotainment and telematics global market is predicted to exceed $80 billion by 2014. exFAT supports the high-capacity SDXC memory card standard, which is increasingly used for music, pictures, videos and maps for navigation systems and USB-based storage devices.
Microsoft previously announced a similar exFAT licensing agreement with BMW, as well as with companies in a variety of other industries including Aspen Avionics, Panasonic Corp., Research In Motion, SANYO Electric Company Ltd., Sony Corp. and Canon Inc.
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This tea kettle has been in our Meeting House kitchen since the new building was built in 1960. No one now remembers who donated it. The women were ready to throw it out because of a tiny leak. My cousin said, "It's a griswold." And I had thought of using it in a still life, but hearing it was worth something made it even more interesting. 9" X 12" Oil Painting $550
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I love gifs! Some of them are funny, some of them serious…either way they capture the the things we feel at the moment or the things that matter to us. Mine was this scene I watched on the "The Flash" titled "Girls Night Out." Without spoiling the episode for those haven't watched it, there was a scene where Killer Frost/Catlin Snow went to a club and as she was walking in, a guy—who apparently didn't know who he dealing with—grabbed her and as she was freezing his hand, Killer Frost said this…
I really liked what she said and thought it was very powerful, because this was a supervillian…ness who overpowered a guy who thought he could get away with overpowering a woman. Well…the whole episode was about women empowerment, which I liked, especially as a Black woman who LOVES comic book heroes. Sorry, last time I spoil it!
Unfortunately as seen in the news, men and even women overpower people when they are their most vulnerable position in life…looking for love, friendship, a job opportunity, having fun…heck just having your guard down… Sometimes I wish I had powers like Killer Frost or even the athletic abilities of Batman to stop people from trying assault me, because I'm tired of feeling helpless. Noone has…yet…but I don't like the feeling. It seems the only time people who harm others ever realize their wrong doing is if you have the power or money to take them down…or in the case of the big film moguls and actors, ruin their reputation big time. In this case, of the guy who touched Killer Frost, nearly lose his arm to frostbite.
There wasn't a gif on this scene on the internet, so I made it and did my best to make it. I used a few frames to put this together; it took me awhile (took it from You Tube), so ALL I ask is that you give me credit for this gif. I put it together, because I liked the empowerment that scene from "Girls Night Out" depicted and brought about the antithesis of why assault "happens"…that people who get harmed were asking for it.


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Women can be fulfilled in a myriad of vocations as long as they are free to develop the gifts of their maternity, Melanie Jean Juneau maintains.
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"Please send me some information" is usually a dodge. So how can we still get a commitment when we hear that response?
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9 PM Sat UPDATE: This T'Storm is moving southeastward across St. Johns county. A possible tornado was sighted near World Gulf Village. Lots of lightning!
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A free vote on repealing the hunt ban law looks unlikely as MPs prepares for a hung Parliament.
Of the three main parties, only the Conservatives have any likelihood of bringing forward a change in the law, but such a Bill would face a difficult passage through Parliament.
The General Election in May is widely expected to produce a hung parliament, meaning compromise is the order of the day for the next lawmaking session.
Any chance of seeing a repeal Bill come before MPs would most likely come from one of two results.
The first is a Conservative commitment to hold a free vote on the subject, and back repeal if MPs show their support.
However, the Tories did make the same "if time allows" promise for this Parliament, yet proving unable to find sufficient spare time during five years in office.
The other route would be as a result of an individual MP making it the subject of a Private Member's Bill.
While these bills only rarely become laws, the Tories have indicated they would be prepared to support such a move with more parliamentary time.
A Conservative spokesman said: "We recognise that hunting evokes strong views on both sides of the debate and that the issue is a matter of personal conscience.
"We are clear that we want to put a motion with a free vote before the House of Commons on whether the Hunting Act 2004 should be repealed when Parliamentary time allows.
"If Parliament were to vote in favour of repeal, the Government would introduce a Repeal Bill in both Houses of Parliament."
Labour has repeated its opposition to fox hunting, making the ban a dogmatic point of principle.
Maria Eagle, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary, said: "David Cameron's plans to bring back fox hunting show how out of touch he is with people's everyday lives. The Tories should get over their narrow obsession with fox hunting and accept that the ban is widely supported.
"Only Labour can protect the Hunting Act because Labour is the only major political party committed to defending it."
With the two parties divided, the fate of fox hunting lies with the smaller parties.
The Liberal Democrats is overall against fox hunting. However, as a spokesman said, the party would allow its MPs to vote as they wish should a repeal vote be brought before the House of Commons.
For Ukip, the situation is a little more complicated. The party thinks the decision to allow or ban hunting should be taken locally, not in Parliament.
The party says it would call for a series of county based referendums is a chance for rural people to have their say. The Countryside Alliance has previously dismissed this as "unworkable" , questioning what would happen if a fox crossed a county border during a hunt.
Polls suggest the SNP could be a powerful force in the next parliament, with a SNP/Labour coalition a possibility. Generally, the SNP is thought to be against fox hunting, but it has previously abstained in English-only votes, and did so during the vote to ban hunting with dogs.
It was former Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government who brought in the hunting ban, and in an interview with The Guardian in 2010, Mr Blair admitted that the decision was a mistake.
Admitting it was "not one of my finest policy moments", he said: "I didn't quite understand, and I reproach myself for this, that for a group of people in our society in the countryside this was a fundamental part of their way of life."
Prosecutions prove 'difficult' despite millions invested in gathering evidence
THE HUNTING Act is difficult to interpret and prosecute, according to one district judge, who made the comments at the start of a trial at Beverley Magistrates Court in August 2013.
Daniel Curtis made the observation after charges of hunting a wild mammal with dogs brought against three men involved in a registered hunt were dropped.
In this particular case the prosecution offered no evidence against one of the men. His co-defendants were then told they had no case to answer after magistrates had heard from villagers, who lived near where the men were out hunting, about events on the day concerned and had watched CCTV footage of the hunt in action.
On clearing the three men, district Judge Curtis said the legislation was not easy and it was a classic example of the difficulties the Crown have in prosecuting such cases.
Mr Curtis said the Hunting Act 2004 was a piece of legislation that had caused much controversy. It was debated in Parliament for a "disproportionate length of time" and was eventually brought in by a free vote. But he said: "It is difficult to interpret and apply and difficult for the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) to prosecute."
A huge amount of money has been spent by anti-fox hunting groups to gather evidence of breaches of the Act by registered hunts, including by the League Against Cruel Sports which, according to its new report to mark 10 years since the Act came into force, has invested £1 million in a team of professional investigators who have been dispatched to monitor hunts.
In its report, the group claims the legislation is effective, with Ministry of Justice figures showing that the Hunting Act out-performs all other wild mammal legislation on the statute books in England and Wales - having both the highest number of convictions since 2005 and the highest conviction rates.
Animal welfare lobby claim public's support
ANIMAL WELFARE groups maintain that fox hunting is hugely unpopular with the public, despite fresh calls for a repeal of the ban from countryside groups.
A survey carried out by Ipsos MORI, commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports in November last year, found that 80 per cent of the British public think fox hunting for sport should not be made legal again.
Some 86 per cent thought deer hunting should not be made legal and 88 per cent of the 1,971 people who responded to the poll said hare hunting or coursing should not be legalised.
Michael Stephenson, director of campaigns at the League Against Cruel Sports, said: "The Hunting Act is not only successful, it is very popular. Recent Ipsos MORI polling shows that 80 per cent of people in both urban and rural areas do not want to see a return to hunting with dogs.
"There is no evidence to support claims that more foxes are being killed now than before the Act, but this is irrelevant anyway. Parliament's intention was to end hunting with dogs for sport due to the profound suffering caused by the prolonged chase and violent death.
"The legislation is not about class it is about animal cruelty. Hunting is not just about red coats and never has been. The Hunting Act was brought in to stop cruelty to animals in the name of sport, regardless of the perpetrator. The Hunting Act is about animal welfare, nothing more."
But the Countryside Alliance maintain the Act is a personal attack on a group of people.
"We certainly believe there was no justification for the law in the first place," said the Alliance's campaigns director Tim Bonner.
"It was an attack on a group of people rather than any attempt to improve animal welfare and what we are left with now is a confusing and wasteful piece of legislation that doesn't do anything for anyone.
"We had over 7,000 hours of parliamentary debate on this legislation and none of that produced a single piece of evidence that hunting with dogs is any more inhumane than trapping, shooting and all other means of capturing foxes, and there is no evidence that the Act has saved a single fox.
"None of the organisations that backed it have ever attempted to try to show the Act's benefit to animal welfare."
Under the Act, huntsmen are allowed to use up to two dogs to flush out a fox but no more than that.
Case study: Fear of accusations every time we ride out is unsettling
FOR MANY families hunting has been central to their lives in the countryside for generations and most feel the Hunting Act was a direct attack on their way of life.
Phil Ellerington, 61, an arable farmer near Beverley, has been involved in the pursuit for 50 years. His local hunt is the Holderness which attracts around 50 people to meets on Tuesdays and about 70 on Saturdays.
Mr Ellerington told The Yorkshire Post of how the legislation had changed his life.
He said: "The ban turned hunting on its head. We have to hunt a trail which we do but it makes my job as amateur whip very difficult. If you're hunting a trail (of scented material) that's been laid and a fox comes out of nowhere the hounds are naturally going to go for it, which can be difficult."
He said the Act has to be repealed. "The people who brought it in wanted to look after the fox but before the ban a farmer would have been tempted to leave a fox if it took just one or two of its sheep. Now they get shot because they know they won't be hunted."
Seven hundred hours were spent by MPs debating the Act in Parliament. Pro-hunting groups warned of dire consequences.
Mr Ellerington said: "There are as many packs of hounds in the country now as there were 10 years ago. We all thought packs would have to be put down but they haven't, but I don't like the ban, when you go out every Tuesday and Saturday and think you could break the law, how would you feel?
"It's a way of life. Our whole life revolves around horses and hounds and the social life that goes with that. We've kept going but we are at risk of being accused of breaking the law and it's not a nice feeling.
"The fox has never had a predator and man has always had to control it but there is a fine line between controlling it and over controlling it."


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European eel is a catadromous species. The spawning grounds for European eel are located in the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic. After hatching the larvae drift towards Europe. They travel with ocean currents to the coasts of Europe within one to three years. When approaching the continent in the end of trans-Atlantic migration, the larvae metamorphose into a small transparent eels; stage is called glass eel. As the eels grow, they become elvers; tiny pigmented eels. Next step is to take residence in rivers and stillwaters and develop into yellow eels. After a growing period ‒ approximately 5‒20 years ‒ mature silver eels migrate back to Atlantic Ocean.
Photo on the top: Evening is a good time for eel angling. During the closed season also angling for eel is prohibited. (Photo: Jari Tuiskunen)
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Women's Health Victoria today launched a new DVD documentary that explores the campaign to remove abortion from the Crimes Act in Victoria. 'It's about choice' provides valuable insight to the campaign, featuring interviews with politicians, health experts, and women's health advocates.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The prime minister of Cambodia, a country whose uneasy relationship with the United States has involved war, refugee emigration and years of on-off political tension, says he does not want his U.-born grandchild to have an American passport. Hun Sen, whose country was the site of one of the 20th century's most terrible genocides, says he is worried his 14-year-old grandchild could be eligible to fight for the U. Hun Sen said he was looking for a way for his grandchild, whom he did not name, to give up his or her U. "Now I am finding a way to renounce U. citizenship from my grandchild because probably the U. will make war with some countries and will require my grandchild to be a U.S soldier," he said in comments posted on Facebook on Thursday. The grandchild was born when his or her parents were studying in the United States. Hun Sen, 64, and his wife Bun Rany have six children, including one adopted daughter they have disowned. Most if not all of them had some education abroad, including son Hun Manet, who attended the U. Military Academy at West Point. citizens are not currently compelled to perform military service, although males are required to register for conscription when they turn 18. Hun Sen said he did not want his grandchild to join the U. military to fight against other countries. citizens must make a formal declaration to renounce their citizenship. Hun Sen has an uneasy relationship with the United States, whom he feels supports his political opponents. Washington criticizes his record on human rights but tries to keep an even-keeled relationship to offset the strong influence China has in Cambodia. Hun Sen is a fan of President Donald Trump, and even voiced his support for him before last year's U. election, saying that as a businessman, Trump would want peace and could be friends with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, while Hillary Clinton had a record of pushing for war in Syria when she was secretary of state. He has also expressed his agreement with Trump's disdain for the press. Just this week, Hun Sen shared his opinion on CNN — a Trump nemesis — which the Cambodian leader complained had broadcast a misleading program about child prostitution in his country. "CNN television deserved to be cursed by President Donald Trump," he said. "May I send a message to Donald Trump to praise you because your cursing CNN was fair and right, not wrong." "The American media is too spoiled," he said. Read or Share this story: https://usat.
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We celebrated Children's Day on the 14th of November, 2014. Sri Kottakkal Narayanan, the famous Kathakali artist inaugurated the function. The colourful dance performance and fancy dress competition made the function a remarkable one.
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A few of the barbers even has Puentes' design tattooed on their skin. Corona stated his friendship with Puente surpassed the barber shop.
"We would double date, go to dinner," he stated. "Christa was such an excellent individual. They made a truly terrific couple."
Married in 2009 and both in their 30s, Damaso and Christa simply announced to pals they were all set to begin a family.
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Happy Sunday, everyone! I woke up this morning and the sky is dark and grey, and I can see the trees swaying in the wind out my window with rain on the horizon. I'm not quite ready to crawl out of that comfortable Sunday morning feel yet, though to be honest my dreams were wild and I woke up from the crash of thunder several hours ago. So, I poured myself some coffee and I'm doing what I do sometimes, which is listen to the same handful of songs by The Districts on repeat. I know I've mentioned my love for them on here before (through an old search, I see in my Watch This: About Alex post,) but I think it's been awhile. "Funeral Beds" is one of those songs where if I'm not being careful, and don't have on cruise control, my foot gets heavy on the accelerator. It's a jam out song of mine for sure – especially when they start riffing on the harmonica. The Districts are cemented in several memories of mine over time. (Like that time they played a smaller stage at Bonnaroo 2015, and my friend piggy backed me for a better view.) I mean, the song itself is heavy and the words cut deep – but the delivery is something else entirely, and it just makes my whole body want to move. "Funeral Beds" is a track on The Districts 2013 release Telephone. For any of you haven't heard it yet, or if you have listen again. Here's a good little tune to get your day going:
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Listen to This: "12.23.95"
This is a pretty unconventional Christmas song, but it's another one of my favorites. I knew it'd be hard to hold onto until today, but I wanted to share it with you on the date of its title. "12.23.95" by Jimmy Eat World is one of my absolute favorites. (You probably think I've been saying that a lot lately with Love Actually, Little Women, Snowed In, Come On! Lets Boogey to the Elf Dance and Maybe This Christmas but it just so happens I've been saving all these up to share with you.) Short and sweet, and there's something about it that resonates with me, even when I'm not involved in a situation of its context. Treat yourself to this gem of a tune, readers.
See this fan uploaded video from a live show in Chicago:
"Merry Christmas, baby…"
Throwback Thursday: Listen to This "Raspberry Beret"
Good morning everybody! Weird that I'm typing up a Throwback Thursday post while the Today show cast is discussing it at the moment. (They had a pic of Matt Lauer riding around in a convertible). Anyways, this morning I figured I'd share a Prince and The Revolution throwback because why not? For some reason the radio stations around here seem to play "Raspberry Beret" pretty frequently, so it feels like it's always stuck in my head. Also, New Girl (watch it if you're not!) had a nod to it on Tuesday night when Jess and Winston were hanging out by the jukebox. This one throws back all the way to 1985 on the album Around the World in a Day. I wasn't even born yet, haha…
"She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store…"
Listen to This: "Junk of the Heart"
Today I wanted to share with y'all another one of my favorites from the mixed CD my friend Erin made for me. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to "Junk of the Heart" by The Kooks. This song came from the bands third album, by the same name. This one is just upbeat and the mood is different than a lot of the other songs on the mix. As soon as it comes on I can't help but smile, and sing along. So hey! Happy Wednesday short and sweet 🙂 we're halfway to Friday and the weekend. Listen to this one if you haven't heard it yet!
You can see the band's official video for the song here:
Listen to This: Ho Hey!
Somehow, I haven't shared The Lumineers brilliance of "Ho Hey" yet?! I just did a skim of past posts to make sure I wasn't doing a repeat, but seriously I haven't posted a "Listen to This!" with this wonderful song yet? How can that be? This song isn't really hiding under a rock or anything (you've heard it on a commercial right?) But my oh my…so fabulous. "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers is one of the great songs from the self-titled album ($4.99 right now!) Like seriously, not to be that girl, and maybe part of this is the sugar high I'm on from the frosting on the slice of birthday cake I just ate, buuuut if I ever get married I think I'd like to have this song played at the reception. (I know, I know I went there…but look at my Pinterest. I'm not crazy. The kid board is titled "Just In Case.") Obviously because the chorus just gets me everytime, not because I want to be thinking something along the lines of "I don't think you're right for him." I have several Pandora stations I run to that this song pops up on pretty frequently, and I think of a mental high-five everytime. I can feel the perk in my step because it's just…one of those songs!
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart…


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It all began in 1945
Fifteen SAAB aircraft engineers were selected to develop the first car prototype. The engineers worked on the basis of their own experiences and know-how, entirely unfettered by the conventions and traditions of the established automobile industry.The result was a car unlike any other. The prototype featured front wheel drive, a transversely installed engine, an exceptionally strong safety cage and an aerodynamic wing shape. In June 1947, it was dubbed the SAAB 92.001.
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A Child Shall Show Them
And then the worst thing happened!! As soon as she was close to the bottom of the tree, we plugged in the lights just for good measure and realized that some of the lights in the middle weren't working. At that point, she dropped everything she was holding and decided to cool off. There was a bit of frustration and a little bit of blaming.
Playing near some of the boxes of ornaments was their young son. He had set up some of the elf figurines, Santa and Mrs. Clause dolls into a miniature North Pole. Oblivious to some of the griping and stress, he held the Santa and made it kiss Mrs. Clause. I heard him say in his best Santa imitation "It's Christmas so we have to be nice to everyone and everyone has to be nice to everyone else".
I realized that this decorating event was suppose to be fun and not stressful. We should have learned the rules of playing together that day from their 8 year old son.


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Elementary Kiddos BYOD
I know that I am quite fortunate to work in technology rich situations. I say fortunate because I know that is not the norm across the nation; even though it should be. Through some maneuvering I have been able to create 1:1 classrooms. One year I did this with the laptop cart. Another year I did this with a combination of iPods from the iPod cart, purchasing my own iPods, and the kiddos bringing in their own iPods. This year I have more of a 1:2 environment between my devices and the 3 desktops in the classroom. However, some of the kiddos do have Kindles and/or tablets and they are allowed to bring those to school and use them.
I know that from an infrastructure point of view someone like me may be a bit of a nightmare. I know very little about WiFi, bandwidth, and the capability of a system to support a 1:1 environment. With that aside, I have seen benefits of BYOD with elementary kiddos.When you have school or teacher purchased mobile devices, who is in control of the device? The teacher. In so many ways.
For one it is up to us which apps get purchased. While there are THOUSANDS of educational apps available, we sift through them to determine which ones will best suit the academic needs. Sometimes our decisions are driven by financial needs. I don't know about you, but I spend enough money on my personal apps. I can't imagine how much money I'd spend if I was purchasing apps for the devices I use in the classroom. So...when elementary kiddos can BYOD they are able to use the apps they've paid for and downloaded. For example:
a kiddo had Math Ninja downloaded on his device. After showing it to me I could tell that not
only was this app meeting the academic need to building fact fluency, but he was highly engaged
when using it. In addition to that he was getting his friends excited about using the app and they
were determined to download it on their device.
This is an app I would not download because it costs money. Yet, the students in my classroom were able to use it, enjoy, and learn from it.
When we are the ones in control of the devices, we are the ones determining how apps get organized. This can make sense when using multiple devices in a classroom that will be getting used by anyone in the classroom. It can make it easier for anyone to access the app quickly because the organization is the same. Yet, the way one person's brain makes connections about how to group and sort is not necessarily how another person's would. When elementary kiddos BYOD they are making those connections for themselves and organizing them in a way that makes sense for them.
Devices like Kindles, NOOKS, iPods, iPads, and tablets were designed as personal devices. Their
purpose was to ensure that people download what they want, when they want, for reasons of their
own. This also means determining which apps are most important to you, which can be grouped
together in a folder or a page of their own.
We take that decision making, that power, away from kiddos when we disallow BYOD.
Yet, this is just for use inside the classroom. The real power of encouraging elementary kiddos to BYOD is how it changes the way personal devices are used outside of the classroom. They are using apps they are familiar with, like Talking Tom, to create teaching videos instead of just whacking Talking Tom around and giggling at his high-pitched voice. They begin to use apps like DoodleBuddy for solving complex calculations instead of doodling. Instead of using Twitter and Facebook for sending mindless updates they will begin to use them to seek answers to questions and share content. Isn't this why we integrate tech into the classroom?


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World of tattooing is like a jungle where every artist has a unique way of self expression.
Welcome to RubyPictures´artist page
Graphic designer, artist, photographer, musician, freelance reporter, dog breeder and tattoo artist Tuija "Purpleangel" Heikkilä.
In addition to my work in advertising I had a habit of painting – especially at nights. As the years went by I noticed that I was most active during the winter and most of my paintings have been made during that season. I have always had a fashination for tattoos and drawing gave birth to the idea of switching from pen and paper to skin and a tattoo machine. In 2008 I went to a workshop in tattooing and without much practise started tattooing directly in the skin. My own at first then my friends wanted a tattoo from me and their friends and soon I was tattooing total strangers. My dream of tattooing professionally had come true.
Some things that help in this work:
- I like people
- I'm not afraid of needles and blood
- Iäm not afraid of pain, mine or that of others
- I am perfectionist in what I do
- I seek challenges
Personally I value my client's opinion and their smile of satisfaction. I may always think there is something still for me to learn, but I want a reputation of being good and reliable.
I stress that one should get an individual tattoo. I will gladly design your tattoo by your description or based on a drawn stick-figure. Portrait-tattoos are my favorites and the designing process is major part of a great tattoo!


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The Internet Explorer blog added a new and interesting article on the standards compliance improvements in MSIE 8 beta 1:
not planned to be fixed in the IE 8 final release.
Note that there's a reference to our very own (Dutch) PPK, of quirksmode.org and fronteers.nl fame.
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HTML and DOM Standards Compliance in IE8 Beta 1
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Stoksie is a hard bastard. He's got those eyes that penetrate you and search out your weaknesses as well as a physical presence and bulging bulk that intimidates the shit out of you. You only get to see those eyes close-up though and not many have lived to tell that tale, because Stoksie likes nothing more than to get you from a distance. By nature a loner, Stoksie teamed up with Doc Shivers because of his one fear, the fear of being hurt. He's hurt others many, many times, often in quite barbaric circumstances; the red haze descends and the innermost fears pour out in a full beserker's frenzy, so he has seen pain, caused pain, but it scares him shitless, having it done to him. He's trained his body, honed his reactions so that he will always make the first move, fire the first shot, down his man before any response is forthcoming. There's been some close-shaves on his health, but he's survived, relatively unscathed.
He took a bullet to his right bicep in the last gunfight. It hurt like fuck. He wasn't careful enough, didn't see the fourth man until it was a split second too late and took the bullet. The initial response was one of pure fury, bullets spraying with unerring accuracy and ferocity; one of his battle lusts that make him seemingly transcend his own body and operate on a different time scale to his adversaries. They didn't survive; the man who shot his arm, died looking into those eyes.
Then, the shock of mortality, the pain, the blood. He could just about deal with those, although he hated the sight of his own blood, but what scared him, really scared him, was that this wound could be the one that debilitated him, made him microscopically slower or fractionally less flexible. Worsten his performance, make him a less effective killer.
So he teamed up with Doc Shivers, a fugitive found hiding in a warehouse, on the run. He offered the Doc unshakeable protection from the Slavers who he had escaped from (and all the others that wanted their revenge upon him) in return for medical support and reassurance. Doc Shivers was more than happy to team up, especially with someone who asked for so little in return, rarely spoke and had already been brutally efficient in keeping the Doc alive.
That's all Doc Shiver's wanted, to survive. He'd swindled so, so many, charging astronomical sums for surgical work that needn't have been so complex. Performing operations that deliberately enfeebled the patient - paid for by rich clients and bounty hunters - conducted deliberately unsuccessful identity face swaps and even adding bizarre mutations on unsuspecting patients. Doc Shivers was not a man of morals, but he was a bloody good surgeon who's skills were renowned and much sought. But he had made too many enemies and needed to re-group, survive and eventually flee to a safer, location, away from his assailants. Stoksie may well be that ticket, but was certainly that protection...
These two are both from the Copplestone range of miniatures and are really nice, clean and crisp sculpts, as you'd expect from such a talented sculptor. The clean lines and crisp details make the painting experience nice and easy and there's a good amount of character and dynamism in the faces and poses.
I like the ripped clothing and the little bits of flesh poking through, break up the larger areas of fabric whilst there's always some detail to keep you interested as a painter; whether it's the sunglasses, the knee pads or the bandana. With Doc Shivers, I went for a slightly medical looking pale blue/white suit that I hoped would help make him stand out from the rest of the crew as less of a hard warrior and more of a supporting/civilian type who still knows how to look after himself with a gun.
You can see how they line up with their new mercenary chums, all dirty and dusty:
I've started work on the Mad Max style car for them (although I'm now thinking of also making some sort of camping van for the group to help transport them all around) and I'll post up some Wip photos in due course. Thanks for reading!


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Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 101-109
Minimizing Human Intervention in the Development of Basal Ganglia-Inspired Robot Control
1Department of Artificial Intelligence, Universidad Veracruzana, Sebastian Camacho 5, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Copyright © 2007 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A biologically inspired mechanism for robot action selection, based on the vertebrate basal ganglia, has been previously presented (Prescott et al. 2006, Montes Gonzalez et al. 2000). In this model the task confronting the robot is decomposed into distinct behavioural modules that integrate information from multiple sensors and internal state to form 'salience' signals. These signals are provided as inputs to a computational model of the basal ganglia whose intrinsic processes cause the selection by disinhibition of a winning behaviour. This winner is then allowed access to the motor plant whilst losing behaviours are suppressed. In previous research we have focused on the development of this biomimetic selection architecture, and have therefore used behavioural modules that were hand-coded as algorithmic procedures. In the current article, we demonstrate the use of genetic algorithms and gradient–descent learning to automatically generate/tune some of the modules that generate the model behaviour.