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Nothing is worse when you're on your console and you need to type something into a text box. Suddenly something as simple as typing in your email address turns into a lengthy ordeal. Okay, so maybe it only takes 30 seconds as opposed to 3, but still, it's an inconvenience. The Xbox 360 had a handy little accessory that sped up the process, by giving you a tiny keyboard attached to your controller. Sadly, Microsoft hasn't shown much interest in bringing back the Chatpad for the [Read Entire Story]
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- BethshalomkcAsked on May 02, 2016 at 12:05 PM
I have a link inside the jot form that is showing the whole webpage instead of just the form. Is there a way to replace the form if a condition is met?
There is a set of donation amounts of the regular donation form. The alt donation form lets you put in your amount.
Is there a way to combine them inside the same form?
I have a whole other page, http://bethshalomkc.org/donate/donations-other-levels/
but would prefer it to be one form, if possible.
These forms were made 4 years ago and your coding has changed.Page URL:
- JotForm SupportdavidAnswered on May 02, 2016 at 01:24 PM
Yes it is possible to achieve your requirement. Here are the steps you should follow:
#1. Instead of displaying the membership options in the PayPal question, you can add the products in a check box question.
#2. Add a text box to collect the donation amount.
#3. Add a "Form Calculation" widget in your form to calculate the total amount of membership and donation.
#4. Add PayPal payment question in your form and set it to read the amount from the calculation widget. The following guide should help you how to pass calculation to PayPal payment question: http://www.jotform.com/help/275-How-to-pass-a-calculation-to-a-payment-field
Please check the screenshot below for all the steps:
Please take a look at the following cloned form and see if this works as expected: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/51825452751961? Feel free to clone this form for a closer look. The following guide should help you in form cloning: http://www.jotform.com/help/42-How-to-Clone-an-Existing-Form-from-a-URL
- BethshalomkcAnswered on May 18, 2016 at 02:37 PM
Can you look at my form. It is showing X10 of what I think I put in. Plus, can the calculation field at the bottom be invisible?
- JotForm SupportdavidAnswered on May 18, 2016 at 04:04 PM
I checked your form and your calculation is currently set to combine two fields together, rather than add them:
If you change your calculation to add the two values instead of combine them, the total will show correctly:
To hide the field, click on the calculation field, click on the little gear icon in the top right, then click on "Hide Field":
Here is how the form would look and function with the changes made:
- BethshalomkcAnswered on May 18, 2016 at 04:42 PM
Great. That worked.
- JotForm SupportdavidAnswered on May 18, 2016 at 06:17 PM
Glad to hear it! If there is anything else we can assist you with, let us know and we will be happy to help.

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Schneider's On Capitol Hill (300 Mass Ave NE) by Kristi Green
Kristi Green is the author of the blog DC Wineaux. She further indulges her love of wine in her work at a wine bar on U St NW.
Upon first entering the warm, bright space inside Schneider's on Capitol Hill I was a bit overwhelmed by the floor to ceiling shelves, tightly packed with 12,000 different bottles of wine.
I stumbled through the walls of bottles to the always-alluring funky-labeled Charles Smith collection. Charles Smith was Food and Wine Magazine's winemaker of the year for 2009 and it was his Boom Boom Syrah that caught my eye (even though I went home with The Velvet Devil Merlot). Just above the shelves bearing the CS collection are the wines of the K Vintners label, also made by Charles Smith–these wines employ super vintage winemaking styles (like foot-stomping!), high quality grapes, and command a higher price than the collection of wines bearing his name.
After my solo exploration of the wine section at Schneider's, I enlisted the help of the staff. I asked for some recommendations and was taken to Spanish reds and French whites–my two favorites of the old world.
At the recommendation of my newfound guide, I purchased a 2000 Bierzo, a rich full bodied Spanish red with great aging potential. Having already been in the bottle for eleven years, we decided together that it's definitely ready to drink now. I did spend more than I typically would on this bottle but judging by some internet research, I got it for $15-$25 less than I would have spent elsewhere.
His next recommendation, a 2007 Savennieres (by Domaine de Baumard) is an exhibition of great quality and great value (only $20!). Savennieres (named for the place it's made, like Champagne) is a full bodied, dry white wine, made from the chenin blanc grape. This rich white pairs well with poultry and light fish–it's racy acidity works wonders with creamy sauces as well.
The store has a great selection for every price range–they boast that their least expensive bottle is a $5 Chilean "vino de mesa" and their most expensive bottle is $4500; what wine could command such a price? A 1991 Chateau Lafite Rothschild.
Specific recommendations after the jump.
The Schneider's staff member who expertly squired me about the store also recommended a couple of sparkling roses and some off-the-wall Spanish reds I'm looking forward to going back for!
The Velvet Devil (By Charles Smith)/Washington State/Merlot/2009
super smooth reds
the king's speech! (or your own Oscar pick) for food: great with barbecue. also smooth enough to drink alone (as in without food, not without friends)!
medium bodied. full, round tannin. on the nose: cherry wood and dark fruits. on the palette: ripe raspberry and blackberry, finish of smoke and cedar.
Some great wines purchased at Schneider's of Capitol Hill. From left to right: Charles Smith's The Velvet Devil Merlot (tasting notes below), Domaine de Baumard Savennieres, and Descendientes des J. Palacios, S.L. Bierzo.


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Not very happy with my peeps work. not alot of life in them. but getting there i guess.
31 Dec 2008
yay i did work.
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- thomas li said...
awsome, you painting these from ref or just making it up?
- 2 January 2009 at 14:44
- soft-entertainment(adam) said...
its all about an intersting pose that shows off there character also use perspective more, make the character stand out from the page. really nice work, i like the atmosphere of your scenes and your anatomy is awsome.
- 27 January 2009 at 01:58
- Bex said...
thax a lot. ill giv it a go.
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Reason #7: He and I are both actors, with the obvious difference that he gets paid for it and I, as of yet, do not.
Be that as it may, two actors in a dimly lit bedroom could be quite an interesting dynamic. Role playing anyone?
Okay, Michael! Let's do it again, this time with feeling... And this riding crop.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Michael Urie Should Ask Me Out: Reason Seven
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As a single female in her 60's, still in the workforce, I can say that I've experienced sexism in various forms for close to 45 years. Strike that. I've simply experienced sexism my entire life. However, if you ARE in the workforce, you are likely to experience ageism. Ageism and sexism together is a double whammy.
This is a great TED talk because it also touches on our bias regarding class.


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What a big week for me! Today I am excited to announce that I have been selected to be one of the Fab Four at Scrapy Land!
Scrapy Land blog to see my DT introduction! Sully is so excited to be famous again! He loves it when he sees his layouts online ;) I have already had the chance to get to know my fellow DT members a bit and I am so excited to get started!


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I went back to work after giving birth to my second child a little over three months ago. About a week later a good friend of mine asked me if I would like to write an article for her about my experience going back to work. Sure, I said. I could do that, I said. I have something to say that's worth saying, I said.
I still haven't written the article.
And that, dear reader of my blog, is what going back to work after having your second child is like.
I could do and say a lot of things.
But I don't. Because when am I going to do and say them?
Let's establish from the outset that I have a pretty sweet gig as a working mother.
- I am incredibly blessed to be able to work from home.
- I also have a stay-at-home husband who shoulders the parenting responsibilities during my work day. Another huge blessing.
- My six-month-old daughter who was born six weeks early started sleeping for stretches that qualify as "sleeping through the night" by the time I was back on the clock.
- My daughter is also the happiest baby. Maybe ever.
I'm sure the list could go on.
Even with all that I have going for me, I'm still going to play the overwhelmed card.
I work from 7 am to 4:30 pm each day. My daughter wakes me up somewhere between 5:45 and 6:45 every morning. I give her her first dose of Zantac and then get myself and my things together to get my work day started while waiting the obligatory 30 minutes before feeding her.
My work day consists of emails and conference calls and research and writing and thinking and figuring and more writing and rewriting and deleting and refiguring and more conference calls. Somewhere in there I pump and feed my daughter and grab some food here and there for myself.
I usually finish work on time. Usually. Except for a day like today when I needed to get something out the door before signing off and ended up working until 5:22 pm.
So. I close up shop at about 4:30. While that might seem early (and is certainly earlier than a mom who has to drive home after finishing her day), it feels to me like my day has already gotten away from me. Because I have a baby who likes to go to bed right around 6:30 pm.
That leaves me a two-hour window during which I try to
- make dinner for and eat dinner with my family.
- spend time with my oft-neglected (at least by me) three-year-old son.
- think about taking a shower.
- think about the fact that I'm not exercising but should.
- get my daughter ready for bed and otherwise get things situated for her bedtime.
- get myself ready for my daughter's bedtime.
- the list could go on.
I hardly ever do most of those things. So I should add telling myself I'm a bit of a slug to the list of things I do during my two-hour window.
Then I take my daughter to bed. Some night she eats and goes to bed quickly. Sometimes she takes her time. Sometimes I let her take her time.
Occasionally, I will put my son to bed. Typically, though, my husband does it.
After both kids are in bed, we sometimes talk a little. We sometimes watch TV a little. But usually, I go to bed not long after my daughter does.
Except for a night like tonight. Tonight, I am writing. Reporting. Recording.
I do not wish these days away. Someday, my kids won't be small. Someday, I won't be working at home; I will be going to D.C. again.
But tonight I am wishing I had time to write that article, time to capture on the page how it feels to be a working mom, to be the breadwinner, to be the only food source for my daughter, to be who I am.


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Meet Our Dental Staff
Genevieve, Registered Dental Hygienist
Genny has been with our practice for 35 years, and she says her favorite part of being a dental hygienist is helping people learn to take better care of themselves. She is also a CERT (certified emergency responder). Genny is originally from Chicago, IL and she attended Southern Illinois University and UCLA postgrad. When she's not working, Genny enjoys coaching, volunteering, and helping other people achieve their own goals. And one other cool thing about Genny? She's also a certified race car driver!
Rosie, Registered Dental Hygienist
Rosie has been working in dentistry since 2003, and she has 3 years of experience at our practice. She loves working with people! Rosie attended Carrington College and is a member of the California Dental Hygienists Association. In her free time she enjoys traveling, going to the beach, and caring for her birds. She owns 4 parakeets.
Candy, Registered Dental Hygienist
Candy has been with our practice for 17 years. She has one quote to live by in the dental office, "Treat every patient as if they were your own wonderful parent or relative". She attended CSUMB & University of Colorado majoring in Dental Hygiene, Health sciences, & computers. Her certifications are in sedation, laser, nitrous oxide, local anesthesia, x-rays, CPR, & first aid.
Antonio, Lead Dental Assistant
With 4 years of experience in dentistry, Antonio says he most enjoys seeing the smile on a person's face after they have their smile restored. He is originally from Greenfield, CA, and attended Mission Trails ROP Dental Careers. Antonio has two brothers and one sister, and in his spare time he enjoys painting, cooking, and hiking. Ask him about his portrait tattoos of his family sometime!
Veronica, Registered Dental Assistant
With 15 years experience in dentistry, Veronica says the best part of being a dental assistant is making patients smile. She's a registered dental assistant and is originally from Salinas. Married with three children, Veronica enjoys going to the beach, hiking, and spending time with her family when she's not at the office.
Priscilla, Dental Assistant
Priscilla has 2 years of experience in dentistry and she says the best thing about her job is working alongside her wonderful colleagues and patients. Priscilla is originally from Salinas, and she attended Mission Trails ROP Dental Careers. She is certified in coronal polishing, infection control, and radiography. In her free time, Priscilla enjoys going to the gym, the beach, and spending time with her friends and family. And anyone who knows Priscilla will notice she's always smiling!
Vanessa, Hygiene Coordinator & Dental Assistant
Vanessa has 4 years of experience in dentistry, and she says she loves how close our team is at Blanco Circle Dental Care -- like family! Originally from Salinas, Vanessa attended Mission Trails ROP as well as Hartnell College. She is specially certified in CPR, Radiogrophy, and has experience across the dental field. Vanessa is married and has a young son, Joseph. In her free time, Vanessa enjoys football, hiking, and spending time with her family.
Sandra, Office Manager
With 5 years of experience in dentistry, Sandra says she most appreciates the level of care we strive to give our patients at Blanco Circle Dental Care. She attended Central Coast College, Hartnell College, and San Jose State. She has her associate's degree in applied science as well as an advanced certification in accounting and office management. Sandra says her family is everything to her, and they enjoy seeking out nature's beauty together. A regular practicer of meditation, Sandra believes "real communication happens in silence."
Vanessa, Assistant Office Manager
Vanessa has been at our office for almost three years, and she says she loves our fun atmosphere and making friends with our patients. Originally from Bakersfield, Vanessa has a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with minors in both public health and communication. Vanessa loves to sing (and dance!) and is known for doing both around the office. When she's not at work, you can find Vanessa traveling, shopping for baby Zoe, and making memories with loved ones.
Monica, Claims Biller/Processor
Monica says she loves the atmosphere at Blanco Circle Dental Care, and she's passionate about making sure everyone leaves with a smile. Originally from Salinas, Monica attended MPC. She describes her family as loving, fun, and traditional, and she loves photography and is very passionate about helping others.
Sara, Patient Care Coordinator
Sara has 13 years of experience in dentistry, and she says her favorite aspect of working at our office is being surrounded by sincere, wonderful people -- including our staff and patients. Originally from Salinas, CA, she has two kids who mean the world to her! Sara enjoys cooking, swimming, and bowling.


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text: In Australia, the Federal Government chose MemberConnex as the engagement management system for their $250 million Industry Growth Centres initiative (www.business.gov.au/about/industry-growth-centres-initiative). In 2016, we deployed systems for METS Ignited (mining equipment, technology and services) (www.metsignited.org), NERA (oil, gas and energy resources) (www.nera.org.au), MTPConnect (medical technologies and pharmaceuticals) (www.mtpconnect.org.au), AMGC (advanced manufacturing) (www.amgc.org.au) and FIAL (food and agri-business), (www.fial.com.au). All of these were deployed on time and within budget, and met stringent performance and functionality specifications.


text: Here is the first photograph taken on my new Nikon D3000 camera. My weekend plans have been canceled because I am officially obsessed. I've already declared my photography instructor my new bestie. (The jury is still out on where I fall in his friend hierarchy– it's pretty safe to assume though that with all of my inane questions, the adoration isn't totally mutual.)


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When we reported earlier this week that the US Court of Appeals shot down the FCC-mandated broadcast flag, we predicted that the MPAA would turn its efforts toward the US Congress in an attempt to give the Federal Communications Commission the congressional mandate necessary to impose the flag.
It didn't take long.
Advocacy group Public Knowledge has unearthed what looks like language for such legislation. Drafted by the MPAA, the bill would give them everything the original broadcast flag would have, and then some.
[The FCC would] have authority to adopt regulations governing digital television apparatus necessary to control the indiscriminate redistribution of digital television broadcast content over digital networks.
In other words, the FCC would be able to mandate any sort controls it deemed necessary over VCRs, DVRs, and just about every other bit of consumer electronics equipment in order to protect the interests of broadcasters and content producers. So no unlimited time shifting, moving content between devices, or possibly even copying a TiVoed show to videotape if the broadcaster doesn't want you to. It's a rather ambitious bill, as it asks Congress to give the FCC carte blanche to act as it sees fit (that is, as the MPAA desires), rather than just asking Congress to make the flag law.
With this particular legislative initiative just getting started, now would be an excellent time to contact your senators and congressional representative to let them know how you feel about the issue.


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how do you disable deleting the history in run
It depends on which third-party cleanup software you use.
Start - Run - type: regedit , press Enter.
Go to the following location in the Registry on the left side of the screen (in the Registry Editor window)...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER → Software → Microsoft → Windows → CurrentVersion → Policies → Explorer.
Click once on the Explorer folder to highlight it.
On the right side of the screen (in the Registry Editor window), if there is a line
RIGHT click on the beginning of that line, select Delete.
How to Delete Run History in Windows
and how to have your Run history automatically deleted every time you start your computer.
My XP installation is not set to delete the history of anything, which is the default situation for XP
I searched my Registry in XP - ClearRecentDocsOnExit
is not at the above location, or anywhere else in the Registry, therefore, if that line is there in your Registry, if you delete it, the Run history will no longer be automatically deleted.


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As a Trading Software Analyst you are part of the Global Services team that is responsible for the implementation, on-going support and growth of a variety of client's trading systems. This involves technical troubleshooting and functional requirements gathering, working directly with the end users. It requires an understanding of IT system architecture and eventually, an understanding of financial markets and financial instruments. In providing our client with services, you will be part of a larger team working closely with our Engineers and Product managers. On the client side, you will interact with both the traders/users and technical staff using the solutions we provide. You will be part of a mission critical team and this will provide you with excellent exposure to fast paced, high-tech environments spanning trading solutions across many product types and exchanges.
o Working directly with clients helping them implement and use functionality – Examples: Setting up a solution to quote on a market, setting up volatility surfaces, delivering a solution for algo trading, etc.
o System trouble shooting together with the users, liaising with our engineering team on issues that require code changes.
o Working with exchanges on new functionality and market upgrades.
o Working with IT staff at customer sites to diagnose and resolve technical issues.
o Potential requirement to travel to other offices, and customer sites.
o Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or Computers/IT.
o 3 to 5 years' experience in working with FIX based systems (e.g. FlexTrade, Ullink, Catalys, Cameron FIX, Sungard etc.).
o Understanding of financial markets, exchanges and financial instruments (options, futures and stocks)
o Excellent knowledge of FIX protocol. Must have complete and hands on familiarity with various FIX messages for session, orders and trade handling.
o An interest in working with and servicing clients
o Basic knowledge of Linux, and SQL
o Be a motivated team player, with excellent problem solving skills
o Stress resistant.
o Familiarity with scripting languages like Python, BASH, etc.
o Familiarity with major programming languages like Java or C, C++ (even though the role is not a developer role).
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Itiviti is a market-leading global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure solutions for buy-side and sell-side market participants, including NYFIX, one of the industry's largest FIX-based trading communities.
Serving around 2,000 clients worldwide, we provide consistent, reliable access to the most up-to-date and innovative order routing, connectivity and trading solutions available. Top-tier trading firms, banks, brokers, exchanges and institutional investors rely on our technology, solutions and expertise to streamline their daily operations, connect to their desired markets, and trade when and where they want. All while being able to comply with global regulation.
With global offices in 18 locations covering all major financial centers the merger of Itiviti and ULLINK in March 2018 created a full-service technology and infrastructure provider, covering all asset classes, geographies and regulatory landscapes.
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A vision for a student competition for IxDA
I've been asked to write up something about the Student Competition for IxDA that I'm the chair person for. Well, I think I did just that when I wrote up the vision of the competition we posted on the student competition web site.
So instead of rewriting it, I'll just quote the whole thing here in case you missed it or you enjoyed it so much you want to read it again.
The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is committed to supporting the global community of practice for those practicing interaction design (IxD) regardless of specific roles in their day-to-day lives. As the discipline of IxD matures, the need for closer ties to design education programs that include the discipline of IxD intensifies. Every year the Interaction conference has been hosted by an educational institution with strong commitments towards creating tomorrow's designers with a strong base in IxD. This year we want to take the next step and broaden that relationship with future practitioners by offering them both a venue to demonstrate the amazing work that is going on within education programs around the world and to receive invaluable feedback from the practice community about the relevance and quality of the work being presented. This last goal is of the utmost importance to the core constituents of IxDA; to ensure that tomorrow's designers marry education's goals of practical development of future practitioners and the need to create new bodies of knowledge that can be used to inform today and tomorrow's practice.
So with this in mind, we have put together a humble beginning for a student competition in concert with Interaction 10 | Savannah. This is an open invitation to all students and recent graduates from undergraduate and graduate programs regardless of program type or location around the world. Whether you are in a program for HCI, Industrial Design, Information Architecture, Computer Science, Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Communication Design, Instructional Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Exhibition Design, Architecture, Jewelry, and of course IxD we would love to see how your work exemplifies excellence in theory and practice of IxD.
One of the driving principles of the Interaction Design Association is that we are an organization focused on the discipline of interaction design and acknowledges that the discipline is just a part of the elements that make up a great executed design. In this spirit, the competition is going to encourage students to focus on quality of their design for behavior(s) but also must demonstrate expertise in the other relevant aspects of their product & service's design.
We are keeping this first iteration of this competition fairly open. We will accept future concept work, abstract work, and work with direct relevance to today's practice. Good luck to all the great competitors out there.
If you are a student or a recent grad and got something to share with the IxD community, please do get to work and get ready to submit something glorious!


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Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd mark Back To The Future Day on US TV
Actors Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd appeared on US TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week to mark Back To The Future Day.
Wednesday – October 21, 2015 – is the date Fox's Marty McFly and Lloyd's Doc Brown travelled to in 1989 classic Back To The Future Part II.
Talking about how the world has changed, host Kimmel explained that we don't have flying cars, how most people will be watching the show not on the TV but "tomorrow, while on the toilet" and how there are hoverboards in 2015 but they're "not really hoverboards".
Watch below.
The third and final film to date, Back To The Future Part III, was released in 1990, but Lloyd has now spoken enthusiastically about reviving the franchise a quarter of a century later.
"It'd have to be something momentous and current: dealing with ISIS or climate change or something radical and have a real urgency to it," Lloyd said of a potential fourth film. "I don't know what that would be."
In another recent interview, Lloyd also said that co-star Michael J Fox would be willing to be part of the project despite suffering from Parkinson's disease since 1991.
"I think regardless of the Parkinson's, he'd probably jump on the role and he'd be great," Lloyd said. "I can't see doing another sequel without him… It's hard to replace Marty. Michael J Fox was so wonderful in the role."
READ: 24 Facts About 'Back To The Future' That Might Surprise You


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Clash Royale Hack
Clash Royale Hack
New Games Clash Royale is coming to our mobile device this year. In this game you will take control of different Clash Of Clans characters, this free-to-play RPG strategy game made by Supercell to compete online or multiplayer or offline battle. You can manage heroes and characters of COC to complete campaign or increase your league in this game. Winning in this game will earn some trophies and can challange you to compete with great players around the world although this game has a limitations set that can impede your game progress. Do not worry with this limitations, with our guide you can dominate all of items in this game that will possible and easy to use.
Offer Real Money Problems
While playing this game would be exciting, it really tiring and time-consuming to upgrade and collect card of your characters. For example you must pay with gems only to get unique special cards, with greatly limiting to getting gems, this is major pain in the butt, or it will spend you real money. Most people use clash royale hack or clash royale cheats to avoid this loophole system.
Gold, Elixir Problem
Another problem is when you play clash royale, earning gold and elixir is little bit time consuming. Although you can play this for a year, then you will have great dominate account on your device. Gold and elixir can be earned by winning your battle in campaign mode or multiplayer mode, and participacing in quest, you must patience with it or you can spend real money to buy gems and use it to get gold or elixir.
Forge of Empires Hack
Forge of Empires Hack
Do you need extra Gold and Diamonds? Don't hesitate! Try the newest Forge of Empires Hack. Be better than other players and conquer everything. After weeks of coding, we found a breach in their system that allow us to acces their database and get unlimited Gold and Diamonds. We create this generator to help players to get unlimited resources and stop paying real money. Forge of Empires Cheats works for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Mac OS. Also can run on mobile operating systems. These tools has an automatic update system which automatically updates your hack when appear a new version.
Forge of empires is an online game, played from browser, which let you to create your own city and accompany it from the beginning of the stone in front of old age through the centuries. Build structures like epoch. With a powerful troops and the perfect tactics, you will destroy your enemies and create a big empire. This Forge of Empires Hack has all the features. For the moment, he generate unlimited Gold and Diamonds, but on future, he will be capable to generate other features, items and special items. It will works on all devices, provided that have the latest version of Net. Framework. Our hack and Framework are perfect compatible and work perfect together.
For the next update, we chage the design, we will increase the number of resources generated once, and we will add new features like Speed, Auto – Update and Shield. Even is these things do not exist in the game, Forge of Empires Hack will be capable to create all of this. Or, in the case its exist and run slow, he will accelerate them. If you are offline and you are attacked, Forge of Empires Cheats will take your place and will defend against enemies and in turn will start fighting against them. In case you lose your army or city is destroyed, wi will speed things up so that regeneration to be at maximum. The buildings will be rebuild and will create new troops immediately.
About this amazing game
Forge of Empires have something that attracts you. Developed by the German company InnoGames, this game has won the most nominations in the world and attracts millions of players now. It became a multiplatform game available for both smartphones and digital tablets running on iOS and Android. This game is absolutely amazing, takes you in a medieval fantasy world where you have to implement all possible strategies to build your own empire and manage their community. Unbelievable. Indeed, being massively multiplayer and playing online, real-time strategy allows the player to manage his community and to forge his empire from the Stone Age to the era of the future while going through the intermediate steps between these two periods of time. The adventures are likely to be long, because you start from the beginning of the Stone Age which is marked by a kind of village in the game. Then you have to go through the Bronze Age, the Iron Age the high middle ages, the average age classical, renaissance, colonial age, the industrial age, the progressive age, the modern age, the postmodern era, the contemporary era, the era of tomorrow and finally the future era. Therefore, each player will join a group of 80 other players in the same world. These groups of players or neighbors allow players to make the most social game enabling resource sharing or mutual aid. The player can also create or integrate a guild that is a small group that allows a chat, forum or more other exchanges in the game.
Castle Clash Hack
Castle Clash Hack
In Castle Clash there are three types of resources that help you to develop: Gold, Gems and Mana. With these resources you manage to develop and to win everything. As you progress in the game, the difficulty increases and the number of resources required is increasing. As you grow more, so you need more resources. And as quickly as you consume, you get on so hard. Until now, there were two ways of survival: either invest real money to buy virtual resources or bother and wait to gather resources. There is a solution, no too good, to give up the game because you realize that is is a waste of time. Times change and things can take a turn higher. The solution was found. Castle Clash Hack is the only solution beneficial for all players. We have the only functioning hack for the game Castle Clash. This generator can generate Gold, Gems and Mana unlimited, so you always have the necessary resources development.
This hack represent a long job. It is a complex application that adapts to any condition. From the first days became viral and reached the number of players and uses began to grow. Players who have invested real money to obtain resources were overcome by players using Castle Clash Hack. Competition for top started to be very high, the players were satisfied with the degree of dificulty that arose. It gets more interesting when you have someone to fight.
Hack Castle Clash adapts depending on the device you are using, so do not take what you difficulty functioning application. Gems are essentially important in the game. With them you can make buildings or units quickly and buy heroes. Be one of player who use our hack to be able to measure you in battle against other players. Give your Castle clash username, determine how many Gems, Gold and Mana you want to add and click on Generate button to send these resources to your account. Your resources will be added directly to your Castle Clash account instantly after you have used our hack. Use this directly from your phone or PC. Anyway, application is optimized for all operating systems.
Something about Castle Clash Strategy and Tips
Since we spoke about Castle Clash Hack, the time has come and we must to talk about little strategy game. Who knows Clash of Clans, Castle Clash is located in the same category, because it is a very good copy. In Castle Clash you must upgrade your village to a high level, better to protect against enemies. It is also important to build an army with which to attack enemy villages. If you fight against other players, you look exactly at the defense. Occasionally it makes sense to jump a battle in Castle Clash, if the reward is too weak and the opponents too strong. The Town Hall is your Bauzentrale in Castle clash. The higher is the Town Hall stage, the more buildings are available for construction. Upgrade your City Hall in Castle Clash so wisely and remember that the reward is reduced when you have a more strongest Town Hall than your enemy.
To defend you in Castle Clash, you need walls and towers. Walls are not easily destroyed is there are around the town hall and defense storm. The more enemies you kill and defeat, the more points you get in the game. This is crucial especially for your rank. In Castle Clash there is no possibility to anoint someone, to forming alliances or join. There is an Arena where you can fight. You must build Arena. In the Arena you can compete against other players.
World at Arms Hack
World at Arms Hack
Welcome everyone who need cheats for World at Arms. Here you will be able to acces World At Arms Hack. This game is a new application from Gameloft in the genre of social games. Is available for Android and iOS platforms. World at Arma is a kind of war game. The World is being attacked by the KRA. Now, you must stand against this and put up a fight to save the free world. You have to expand your military base, recruit troops and train with other players to defeat the enemy forever.
Of course, many people are looking for cheats for World at Arms. However, let me say that Gameloft wants to prevent that because a player should not artificially push up, this would shift the balance of social games and, of course, then no more real money would be spending. For this reason, you will not find so many World at Arms Hack. But there is a hack that works and is available to all players. Our Hack World At Arms is the best, all users say that. To be the best and to save the free world, you must have unlimited resources. You must be constantly prepared for any war and successfully coping enemy. This hack generate unlimited Gold Star and Coins. These are your vital resources in the game. Without these, you are without powers and you can not defeat anybody.
This hack can be used from any kind of device, but for old device you have to download the ultimet Net. Framework 4.0 from Microsoft. World at Arms Cheat has quite clear design and a friendly interface, so it is really cool and easy in handling. We think that no oe should have problems with it. Our new and secret secure script protects you everytime when you use the hack. But the best inovation is that Hack World at Arms has daily updates. Hack will work with all iOS device ( iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) and do not need to jailbreak to work properly.
Be a legend in World at Arms using World At Arms Hack. This is the essence of this hack tool. Fight for domination.
Short Instructions
-Download World at Arms Hack from our website.
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-Connect your device via USB.
-Select Connect your OS version (iOS / Android)
-Check hack options
-Press Start Hack and wait
-Open the game and you will see all resources.
World at Arms Strategy
We believe that although you can use World at Arms Hack, you must learn and little game strategy. In addition, in vain you play and use unlimited resources if you do not know for what.
Use energy and space optimally. In the base there is not much space. For this reason you have to use the space optimally, after all, to fit in the building. For example, if you somewhere have blank fields, then you have to buy later new place or demolish other buildings. You should also use the Energy optimal. In World at Arms you will rise if the power is almost 0, because in the next stage you can continue with full power again.
You will begin only with a shotgun, but it will not be long before you can buy machine guns, flamethrowers, assault weapons and even extraterrestrial weapons. In addition, you'll be laying mines, throw dynamite and Molotov cocktails and even ask airstrikes.
Slither.io Hack
Slither.io Hack
The newest game appeared, Slither.io comes with a helpful, Slither.io Hack. This hack will help you to conquer Slither.io. Using this, you will be the best and feared player. Slither.io Hack was created by an expert team, called VIP. In the course of 30 days, a record for them, they creates this hack, which is used by a lot of players. So, it means it is a big competition. Before launching Slither.io Hack has undergone various tests, they must do before being officially released. If he pass these tests successfully, it means that shows all the requirements to launch. In these tests, are involved different people, players, future players and verious members of various companies dealing with launch applications. At the end of the day, when the tests are complete, it is concluded. In our case, all the reviews were positive. The conclusion was simple: Get down to work.
That's what we did. Release data had to take place later, but users who tested the hack insisted to launch faster because they are impatient. What you should know is that this hack is FREE, functional on any browser and any device and is available to anyone. If you want to share it with your friend, then share it.
We thought that to the next update to create a new way. You no longer have to dogde other player to not die. If you hit them, they will die automatically.They can be hit from any position, the result will be tha same.
Slither.io Hack functions for beginners
This Hack has a multitude of cuntions, functions that will help you to survive in the game. We have so: speed, invisibility, zoom map, double size, double points, stun player and attracting players to you. Now, we will take each one and we present role and control keys.
Speed: This function increased your speed from 2x to 5x. You are faster than your opponents and you can surround them to eat them. Or you can run them. To activate Speed press S then adjust the spedd with +/- keys.
Invisibility: This functions makes you invisible against your opponents. So you can hunt more easily. If you are invisible, you can go through your opponent, but they can not pass through you and so they will die. The only person who can see your snake is you. To activate this function, you must press I key.
Zoom map: When you have more visibility on the map, automatically you play better because you know where is your opponent and you can learn to avoid them or he can stad. You can control this function from the mouse wheel.
Double Size:You can double your size. Any points you have, this function will double it to whenever you press the Z button.
Double Points: This functio doubles your points that you collect. If you eat the opponent, all the points that you eat will be double. Even when you collect points on the map are double that score.
Stun players:This is the best functio after Speed. Once you stun player, it has nothing to do. Remains blocked. After you get stuck, you can surround or you can put in front of him and after you remove Stun player he will come in and will die. To choose the opponent you want to stun, you clock with the mouse on it and at the same time activation key R. Tp activate this function press the R key and to disable T key.
Atracting player or points to you: This is really interesting. This is a new function added in Slither.io Hack. Using this, you can draw all the points in your area or you can draw all the players. Thus, you get more points. This function is activated by pressing A.
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Slither.io Hack Online Generator
Above, we presented the functions of Slither.io Hack, their role and activation keys. We presented like that necause you can use it separately. Now, with Slither.io Hack Online you can use them all at once. From here, you are redirected to another page where you can find Online Hack. Enter a name and Slither.io Hack will enable hack fot this username. Based on the username that you enter, can use the hack. After all of this, enter that username before you start the game and thus activate hack. Online Hack works on any available browser. Even on Safari. The username that can be used anywhere, eben on the phone. Slither.io application seems to have success in the App Store and Google Play. No one will detect the hack. Is is secured and that gives advantage against security measures against hack. It is 100% functional and secure. It is complex and really easy. Anyone can use it, you just need to write a name, select some stuff and press START. We are goind to create an offline version that can be downloaded and used in the device.
About Slither.io
For now we do not know who created this game, but we know for sure that is really special. It is a simple game but in the same time is so complicated. Your character in the game is a snake. A snake that is supposed to grow as high you can. This increase consists to grow as high as you can. This increase consists in collecting points which you find on the ground or by eating other players. But by eating other players not meant that other players s imply swallow them, you must destroy them. When your opponent snake get in you it is automatically destroyed and its points remain on the ground, following to be eaten by you or other players. We can resembled this game with Agar.io, only instead of balls are snaked, but the idea is the same.
Everything happens on a server where the other players worldwide. Looks like the old Snake, but more advanced. Like old Nokia. It is pretty good and interesting. Slither.io have a great graphic and a gret design, like new generation games. Mobile application it seems nice, but you can not control so good your snake, we recomand you desktop version.
Slither.io game strategy
In Slither.io, the most important factor for a player is the length of the snake. As you longer, the beter you are strong and rich the top. You can see the snake's length at the bottom of the screen. The strategy is quite simple in Slither.io. At first, all make the same mistake of traying to eat other players, but is not correct. Why? If you try to eat other player by hitting him you die. You have to trick the player to hit you. With higher speed than the opponent can cut them the way and so he dies and you take the points of them. You can form a circle around it consist of your snake's body. His opponent has no way to escape and so eventually die.
Slither.io vs Agar.io
Which of these two games that are part of the same family is the best? You choose. We say Sliter.io. Slither.io want to be the new Agar.io. If you liked Agar.io and you have always played, then you will love Slither.io. In Agar.io goal is to eat as many balls to rise your, but in Slither.io hitting another player means death. You have to trick the players and make them to hit you. Agar.io has more servers, including Teams, but Slither.io have for now just one server. At the beginning was hard, until you learn how to play, affter that to rich the top was too easy. Agar.io have a lot of function, including to create a server just for you and your friends. Now it seems like all Agar.io players moved to Slither.io. One week ago we play Agar.io and we see some players, less than before. So, you have to play Slither.io now. It is the best game.
Contact us if you meet problems
We met players who do not understand how to use Slither.io Hack. There is no problem, we are at your disposal anytime. You have our contact information on the site and together we will solve the problem. In the future you will know how to use it.
Clash of Clans Hack
Clash of Clans Hack
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#CherryJuice: Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks About Her Open Marriage
Jada Pinkett-Smith Opens Up to Howard Stern about Marriage
Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith allegedly have an open relationship? Jada Pinkett Smith stopped by Howard Stern's SiriusXM show on Wednesday, to talk about it.
"Here's the deal with that, Howard, you've got to trust who you're with. And at the end of the day, I'm not here to be anybody's watcher," the "Gotham" star told Stern. "I'm not his watcher. He's a grown man. Here's what I trust I trust that the man that Will is, is the man of integrity. So, he's got all the freedom in the world. As long as Will can look himself in the mirror and be okay, I'm good."
Jada says that Will is open with her about his crushes. "You have to," she said, adding, "Just because your man is attracted to another woman does not mean he doesn't love you. That's not what it means, and it doesn't mean he's going to act on it," she said. "If your man can't really see another woman's beauty, how the hell is he going to see yours?"
Pinkett Smith and Smith met when the actress auditioned for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1994, and started dating in 1995. The couple married in December 1997, and welcomed son Jaden in July 1998. Daughter Willow followed in October 2000.
Hmmm ladies do you agree with her?
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A bus driver in British Columbia says his faith in humanity is restored after witnessing a good Samaritan bestow an anonymous act of kindness to a stranger with bags on his feet instead of shoes.
Surjit Singh Virk has been driving for the Coast Mountain Bus Company for 16 years, but was off-duty on Saturday when a fellow passenger on the bus approached the unkempt man with a gift -- the shoes and socks off his own feet. Singh Virk called the interaction "soul-touching."
"It made my heart melt," he said. "He just took his shoes and socks off and said, 'You can take these, don't worry about me -- I live close by and can walk.' People usually don't care or even look at other people on the bus, they didn't even want to sit beside this guy because of how he was dressed."
The gifter was reached by phone, but asked not to be identified. Because of his Islamic faith, he wants the charitable act to remain anonymous. He humbly brushed it off, saying, "I felt bad for the guy ... he was wearing plastic hairnets on his feet. I was only about a two-minute walk from home, so I thought I could give him my shoes."
It was more than a two-minute walk home barefoot though -- shoes aren't exactly cheap, and he didn't loan them to the man, he gave them to him. No questions asked, just here you go sir, and have a nice day.
This generous guy was on his way home from the mosque, where spokesman Mufti Aasim Rashid commented, "Whenever we do a good deed, even if it's to help someone out, the Islamic teachings maintain this should remain only for the pleasure of God ... it's nice to see people practicing the teachings … it looks like he's really benefited."
The recipient was reportedly "shocked" by the kindness. After the exchange, he said, "What a nice guy ... Did that really happen?"
It seems it did, sir. I hope the gift brought warmth to his heart as well as warmth to his toes.
Would ever consider giving the clothes off your back (or shoes off your feet, as the case may be) to someone in need?
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For Neda
Anthony Thomas
June 20th 2009, Teheran: 29-yearold Neda is shot through the heart by sniper fire on a busy street, while demonstrating against the result of the 2009 general election. As she lies dying, her final moments are recorded on a mobile phone. Within days, the video is watched by millions of people on social networking websites and Neda becomes the symbol of popular opposition in Iran and a groundswell of support emerges worldwide.
Anthony Thomas' film, For Neda investigates the events that led up to the fatal shooting and the events thereafter that fixed the international spotlight on the status of civil liberties and human rights under the current Iranian government.
The film also deliberates on the emergence of modern technology as a weapon against oppression and authoritarianism. The conduct of the 2009 general election has been unanimously criticised by several recent Iranian documentary films. The results were received with cynicism, given that a mere 3 out of 475 candidates were permitted to contest the polls by the Guardian Council. After a belligerent and aggressive performance by the incumbent, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on a television debate against key opponent Mir Hossein Moussavi, public opinion swung towards Moussavi. Over the next few days, however, as the greenclad supporters of Moussavi publically came out in large numbers on the streets, the Basij, militaristic supporters of the regime, raided Moussavi's campaign offices and sealed the premises. This was a warning of things to come. On polling day, few hours into the count, Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by a margin of 63 % of the votes. Neda, like others her age, was a supporter of Moussavi's optimism and disgusted by the turn of events. Known as a rebel and critical of her government, Neda joined the street demonstrations against the election outcome. As the Basij retaliated with increasing severity, Neda's mother begged her to return home. Accompanied by her aging music teacher, Neda was caught in the confusion on the street, when the sniper's bullet found her chest.
This incident, however, is unique because the entire event is captured by a mobile phone camera and has become the catalyst for worldwide interest in Neda and the human rights situation in Iran. For Neda, is a valuable piece in the collage of media imagery about the event. Thomas includes the process of making the film to illustrate the dangers of making a dissident documentary within Iran. As a foreign filmmaker, Thomas himself is banned from Iran He therefore collaborates with Iranian journalist, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, who travels to Teheran to film the documentary – albeit extremely fearful for his own safety. Dehghan tracks down Neda's family and visits the family home to learn more about Neda – her childhood, her personality and her motivations. The film captures moving interactions as Neda's mother and sister lovingly display her possessions – dresses, earrings, books, each object now of precious significance. Neda emerges as a young woman intensely dissatisfied with the rigid interpretation of Islam being imposed upon the nation. She rejects the 'vengeful' nature of Islam taught at her University and the restrictions on the civil liberties of women in Iranian society.
Thomas elaborates upon the position of women in Iran through pointed interviews with Iranian academics and thinkers. Author, Azar Nafisi is critical of the reactionary nature of legislation passed in Iran since the Islamic revolution that seeks to limit the judicial rights of women, such as halving the weight of a woman's testimony in relation to a man's. Professor Ali Ansari, of St. Andrews University, remarks, on the declining popularity of the Iranian version of Islam amongst younger people, who reject the vengeful character of the religion that has replaced its humane aspects with an enforceable code. The documentary underscores the fundamental debate ignited by the state killing of Neda – the larger struggle for democracy in opposition to the archaic ideology driving the state. Thomas probes the theme in significant depth and even uses extremely confrontational footage of an actual hanging and stoning to illustrate the argument against such cruel regimes.
Thomas examines the contribution of technology to the discourse against secretive regimes such as Iran. The rule of fear and reprisal has resulted in the rise of an unexpected sub-group in Iran – the citizen journalist. While Iran has the highest number of journalists in custody and foreign media is completely banned, citizen journalism has flourished. Armed with mobile phones and consumer video cameras, ordinary citizens record acts of state brutality and share these images via the Internet. Unrestricted by national boundaries and exploiting the advantage of anonymity, citizen journalists rely on modern technology to counter the resources of the state. Currently, thousands of amateur videos of clashes between the Basij and Iranian protesters can be found on YouTube. The sudden revelation and popular consumption of hitherto secret occurrences has shaken the Iranian government and drawn a heavy handed response against popular networking sites such as Twitter and YouTube through the use of Internet filters and signal jamming.
Thomas tracks down 24-yearold American IT consultant, Austin Heap who has joined forces with the US State department to counter the Iranian efforts through complex rerouting of Internet signals to enable the uninterrupted flow of information. Coupled with the technical obstruction of information sharing. The Iranian government mobilised the state media to implant false stories about Neda's death; the clumsy efforts reading like a fantasy spy novel. For Neda, itself is banned in Iran. Voice of America's Persian News Network reported that their telecast of the film on June 5th 2010 was interrupted by the Iranian Government. The DVD however, continues to be available and the film has found its way into Iran and Iranian homes through the Internet. For Neda, is a highly relevant and compelling example of the political potential of cinema.


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Commercial Real Estate Lending:
Banks Potentially Face Increased Risk; Regulators Generally Are Assessing Banks' Risk Management Practices
GAO-18-245: Published: Mar 15, 2018. Publicly Released: Mar 15, 2018.
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What GAO Found
While the commercial real estate (CRE) sector has recovered since the 2007–2009 financial crisis, GAO's trend and econometric analyses generally indicate that risk in CRE lending by banks has increased over the past several years. Since the early 2000s, community banks have tended toward providing CRE loans more than other kinds of loans. Indicators of CRE market conditions and loan performance have been improving since 2011. At the same time, GAO's analyses of changes in CRE underwriting standards, property prices, and other data suggest that credit and concentration risks have increased in bank CRE lending. For example, the number of banks with relatively high CRE concentrations—measured by the ratio of a bank's CRE loans to its total capital—has been increasing. In addition, commercial property prices have been increasing rapidly, and property valuations also have risen in recent years. Similarly, GAO's predictive econometric models of CRE loan performance suggest that risk has increased, based largely on the simultaneous increase in bank CRE lending and CRE prices observed over the last several years, but is lower than the level associated with the 2007–2009 financial crisis.
Number of Banks with Commercial Real Estate Loans Representing 300 Percent or More of Their Total Capital, Based on Year-End Data, 2007–2017
GAO found that federal banking regulators subjected banks with relatively high CRE concentrations to greater supervisory scrutiny based on its review of a nongeneralizable sample of 54 bank examinations covering 40 banks done by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from 2013 through 2016. Of the 54 examinations that GAO reviewed, 41 of them covered banks with relatively high CRE concentrations. In all of these examinations, regulators examined whether the banks had adequate risk management practices and capital to manage their CRE concentration risk. In 26 of the 41 examinations, regulators did not find any risk management weaknesses. However, in 15 of the 41 examinations, regulators found the banks had weaknesses in one or more risk management areas, such as board and management oversight, management information systems, or underwriting. The regulators generally communicated their findings to the banks in the reports of examination and directed the banks to correct their risk management weaknesses.
Why GAO Did This Study
In 2006, federal banking regulators jointly issued guidance that described their expectations for sound risk management practices for banks with CRE concentrations. The guidance includes two CRE thresholds that regulators use to identify banks that are potentially exposed to significant CRE concentration risk and could be subject to greater supervisory scrutiny. Concentrations in CRE loans at U.S. banks have been steadily increasing—raising safety and soundness concerns. In December 2015, the regulators jointly issued a public statement to remind banks of the 2006 CRE guidance.
In light of the joint 2015 statement and GAO's ongoing monitoring of regulatory efforts to identify and respond to emerging threats to the banking system, GAO examined (1) trends in the CRE lending market, including changes in risk, and (2) actions taken by regulators to help ensure that banks with CRE concentrations are effectively managing the related risks. To address these issues, GAO analyzed CRE-related data; reviewed agency policies and guidance; and reviewed a nongeneralizable sample of 54 bank examinations conducted from 2013 through 2016 based on the banks' CRE concentrations, total assets, primary regulator, and geographic location. GAO also interviewed officials from the federal banking regulators.
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Medications for Anxiety Disorders
According to behavior genetic theories, some people are predisposed genetically to feel anxious in certain situations. They might also have an overly active autonomic nervous system. The supporters of genetic theories assert that anxiety is not caused so much by psychological factors, rather it is due to biological or biochemical imbalances in the brain. According to this biological theory, in some people fear and anxiety are hereditary and as such, inevitable.
Medications are often recommended in combination with psychotherapy. The use of anti-anxiety medications has increased dramatically over the past decades. They are now a popular choice of treatment among doctors and patients for two main reasons. First of all pharmaceutical companies must make a profit and their marketing campaigns are geared to sell as many pills as possible. Moreover, anti-anxiety medications involve much less effort than psychotherapy.
According to psychiatric theories, people that have some anomalies in their behavior may suffer from a genetic or organic illness or disorder. This idea that human behavior is biologically determined has had important consequences in the treatment of phobias and anxiety. When a doctor prescribes a medication for anxiety or phobia, he or she is sending two parallel messages to the patient: "(1) I treat you because I have to treat you, and I do it with drugs, but (2) fundamentally I believe that you cannot change." This type of message is conveyed at the unconscious level and it foments resistance to change.
However, even psychiatrists themselves admit that medications won't cure anxiety or phobias. They just numb the person to the unpleasant sensations. Masking some of your symptoms may allow you to function in the short-term but drugs can never help you perceive your reality differently. Medications can not teach you skills of adaptability.
As well, while medication can relieve some symptoms of anxiety, they also come with side effects and safety concerns. Their side effects include nausea, apathy, or feeling jittery to some severe adverse effects such as impairing your ability to think clearly, causing sexual dysfunction and seizures. Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions. According to Eigen it's impossible to introduce a chemical substance in the brain and pretend to control its effects. A minimum variation in the biochemical equilibrium of the brain generates a chain reaction of alterations in the organism that it's impossible to control its ultimate consequences.
"Toxic Psychiatry" by Dr. Peter Breggin is considered as the most complete overview of psychiatry and psychiatric medication. According to Breggin, the prolonged use of some drugs (more than three years) creates a form of chemical lobotomy. Xanax is a drug that belong to a group called benzodiazepines. The other drugs in the same category are Valium, Ativan, Klonopin, Serax, Halcion, Dalmane, and Halcion. Xanax and its fellow drugs are used to treat anxiety. According to Dr. Breggin, these drugs, especially Xanax, are known as "alcohol in a pill" because their effects are so similar to alcohol. Under their influence people are no longer rational or aware of their behavior because they have impaired judgment.
Medications are not risk free and in some cases they may even exacerbate the problem. As well, it takes time for a medication to work in your body. Usually during the first few weeks the symptoms worsen before you notice any improvement. It can sometimes take up to a month before some of the symptoms begin to fade. I do not negate the effectiveness of drugs in treating some mental disorders. Here I'd like to point out the dangers of a radically exclusive biological approach. Too much of a good thing can be dreadful!
Secondly, medications for anxiety disorders are not as effective as advertised. They simply mask the symptoms. It's interesting to know that the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the bible of psychiatric diagnosis, initially classified panic attacks as a form of "neurotic phobia". This meant that fears, anxiety and panic attacks were seen as a psychological problem. However the latest edition, DSM-IV, classifies panic attacks as an "anxiety disorder". This change in diagnosis shows an inclination toward the biological framework which justifies the use of drugs for its treatment.
Changes in DSM (V)
The new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) has a number of changes to anxiety phobias. This article outlines some of the major changes to these conditions.
The most significant change is for agoraphobia, specific phobia, and social phobia. In order to receive one of these diagnoses no longer does the person have to recognize that his anxiety is excessive or unreasonable.
According to my experience, the majority of the cases of anxiety disorders, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders do not need any medication. With the right intervention, anyone suffering from anxiety disorders, phobias and OCD can overcome their problems in an efficient and effective way.


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Forecast: form our last public post, I was looking for "an 8/7 Lunar Eclipse High and a decline into 8/11L+/-1 Day."
Raj Time and Cycles Daily Email is for both Stock market Swing traders and Day traders, trading the SP emini, ETFs, etc. Precise Master Timing makes all the difference! We use various proprietary Master Time & Cycle techniques to predict future Swing Highs and Lows+/-1,using Change in Trend (CIT) dates. For the Daytraders, we pinpoint the intraday CIT Times for the Highs and Lows +/- 5-10 minutes. We also use an intraday cycle technique that predicts the intraday Highs and Lows.
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8/10-11 Low achieved, so what's next?
Forecast: form our last public post, I was looking for "an 8/7 Lunar Eclipse High and a decline into 8/11L+/-1 Day."
2 comments:
- melt said...
Hi Raj,
Was today enough to justify you cycle low of 8/15?
Also, how high do you think SPX can rally from here?
- August 15, 2017 at 3:26 PM
- Raj Time and Cycles said...
Rajacar @TimeandCycles 8/22/17
The strong rally this morning confirms the 8/18 double CIT & 8/21 Solar Eclipse was an 8/21 Low. We are back above long term channel support
- August 22, 2017 at 10:20 AM


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Post 5km reflections
Basically, made too many tactical errors in attacking and supporting. Turning was my major errors. Wasted quite abit of time on the turns, eating wash at the wrong places, letting people cut my turning. It's not that easy i guess and I'm not particularly good at races with turnings. It's a humbling experience to get totally destroyed by clever play by my juniors. A wake up call even. Have to be alert for longer races in future. Also will have to fight a train properly after the Chinese exam on the 2th Nov.
The postionings
1- Ryan
2- Lucas
3- Clifton
Have to learn to wash ride properly too. Had some difficulty finding wash to cling to. Its either i learn how to do it or be so fit to finish the race on my own. Anyway I've really learnt quite abit today and i hope i can learn from my errors. Congrats to the winners too.


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Viztoria, the one to look out for in the restrained line-up of the Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Blenheim Stakes (Listed Race)
A highly moderate line-up of seven two-year-old runners has gathered for the Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Blenheim Stakes (Listed Race). The contestants are taking their chances with the €25,675 prize money. The six furlong trip will be held at Curragh race course on Sunday, 30th September.
The only entry who did try the luck at the graded level, came out miserably. The two-year-old Irish bay filly, Snow Queen, ended twelfth in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes (Fillies) on 9th September, 2012 at Curragh over seven furlongs.
The race was won by, Sky Lantern, who defeated, Scintillula, by 2 ½ lengths.
This loss came in just after the Aidan O'Brien's favourite entry had landed the Lodger European Breeders Fund Fillies Race on 25th August, 2012 at Curragh over seven furlongs.
She is supported by 7 to 1 odds for creating an impact in the race, and will be guided through the track distance by the stable jockey, Joseph O'Brien.
The David Wachman trained chestnut filly, Awakened Spirit, has also filled in some gaps by her recent performance, and the consistency that she has displayed.
She made it through the maiden on 10th August, 2012 in the McGrath Oil Maiden at Tipperary over five furlongs. Her partnership with jockey, Wayne Lordan, ended with success over, Red Queen, by 1 ½ lengths.
The Thomas F. Kearney owned had her debut handicap success in the Wuhan Goodwill Cup Nursery Handicap on 25th August, 2012 at Curragh over six furlongs.
Coupled with jockey, Wayne Lordan, once again, the joint favourite made the most of the chance by staying strong and determined, easing through the wire by the margin of 1 ½ lengths.
She has been allotted the first gate, and is backed by 5 to 1 odds for the race today.
Oratorio's bay filly, Viztoria, has become the most preferred candidate for the race due to the impressive margin of 7 ½ lengths by which she cleared her maiden, and the transit from Adrian McGuinness's stables to Edward Lynam's. She is represented by 3 to 1 odds, has been allocated the fifth stall, and will race with jockey, Johnny Murtagh, which is again a plus point for her.
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Rob Schneider
This is another guy that doesn't get nearly the press that he should. Sure, his work isn't exactly Wes Anderson films and he's pretty much got to rely on Adam Sandler for work, but people should recognize him as a good actor because he is a good actor. And he wrote creative, smart, funny sketches for Saturday Night Live. Take a look at his resume.
Forget about Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (although I'd argue that DB: EG is still better than 75% of the crap released weekly these days) for a second. Rob Schneider was the glue that held the early 90s cast of Saturday Night Live together. Think about Sensitive Naked Man. Who else could have pulled that character off? David Spade? Not the king of sarcasm. Adam Sandler? No, he was a less easily thrown off version of Jimmy Fallon. No, Rob Schneider was the only one who could have pulled it off. He was by far the most versatile member of that cast (save for the late, great Phil Hartman, but he's more closely aligned with the prior cast). How about Tracy, the girl that worked at the Donut Hut in the "Gap Girls" sketches? Or one of the "Bellisima" waiters? The "You Like-a The Juice" guy?
If you're thinking, "Come on! He was that Richard guy with the 'Making Copies' sketch. That was so lame," it might be a good idea take a trip into the wayback machine and look at yourself from 15 years ago because I\it's a pretty sure bet you were one of the millions of people doing a lousy impression of him. It's OK. Come to terms with it. Own it. Because it was funny as fuck. And it still holds up today.
Here's another thing: This guy never broke character on SNL, unlike today's cast, which giggles and guffaws with every minor slip up. Hey, newsflash 2007-8 SNL cast: The material isn't that funny. We're not laughing, so why the hell are you? It's all Jimmy Fallon, who opened the door to laughing like an idiot in every sketch. He could barely hold it together in a scene. Rob Schneider was and is a professional, and that should count for something. UR: -17.5