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Irvingia Trim Review
Irvingia Trim is among African mango supplements to hit the market.
This supplement, like so many others before it, contains IGOB131 extract, which supposedly corrects leptin resistance and regulates appetite.
According to manufacturers, the African mango IGOB131 extract found in Irvingia Trim can "decrease CRP levels by 52% over 10 weeks." The less CRP your body has, the more responsive it will be to leptin, which in turn makes it easier to burn fat and lose weight.
But is there more to Irvingia Trim than meets the eye?
Ingredient Information
As its name implies, Irvingia Trim contains irvingia gabonensis, or African mango. In fact, that is the only ingredient in Irvingia Trim.
African mango is a proven weight loss ingredient. There are countless studies demonstrating its effects on lipid levels, CRP, and BMI. The antioxidants in African mango eliminate toxins while the fiber-rich extract suppresses appetite and pulls excess waste from the digestive tract.
In a 2009 study published in Lipids in Health and Disease, researchers observed African mango's effects on overweight subjects. Participants were either given a 150 mg IGOB131 extract or a matching placebo 30-60 minutes before lunch and dinner.
The results were impressive, to say the least. "Significant improvements in body weight, body fat, and waist circumference as well as plasma total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, blood glucose, C-reactive protein, adiponectin and leptin levels were observed in the IGOB131 group compared with the placebo group." [1]
Assuming Irvingia Trim contains genuine IGOB131 extract, the supplement has the potential to help you lose weight when combined with a healthy diet and exercise program.
However, there are countless African mango supplements claiming to use IGOB131 but secretly provide tainted ingredients.
Currently Gateway Health Alliances, Inc. holds the patent for IGOB131 and its various logos and formulas. According to Steve Hasid, patent and trademark counsel for GHA, there are "knock-off infringers" who try to make a profit off African mango's popularity. [2]
Although GHA is launching a campaign to remove these knock-off products from the market, there's still a few that manage to slip through. Whether Irvingia Trim is an infringer is unknown.
Safety Concerns and Side Effects
If Irvingia Trim contains pure IGOB131, then consumers have very little to worry about as far as side effects are concerned.
Most studies show African mango is well tolerated by most individuals and is safe to use on a regular basis. Due to its high fiber content, a few users experienced mild gastrointestinal distress but this symptom is rare.
Is Irvingia Trim Easy to Use?
One of Irvingia Trim's best features is easy use. Simply take ½ dropper twice daily, 30 minutes before eating. Because the drops are designed to be absorbed under the tongue, the manufacturers used "natural flavors" to make it more palatable.
In order to get the best results, use Irvingia Trim alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise program.
Where to Buy Irvingia Trim
Although there are several websites claiming to provide an "exclusive free trial" of Irvingia Trim, only IrvingiaTrim.com sells the genuine formula.
For a product that contains only one weight loss ingredient, the price is a bit steep:
• 1 Bottle: $49.95
• 2 Bottles: $79.95
• 6 Bottles: $199.95
Fortunately, there is a 30 day money-back guarantee. If you don't like your results, simply return the remaining portion for a full refund.
More About the Manufacturers
Unfortunately, IrvingiaTrim.com does not provide any information about the manufacturers. There is a return address located in Scottsdale, Arizona – but the address is supplied by a virtual office company that supplies drop off points for online businesses.
The company could be run by anyone, anywhere – this doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in Irvingia Trim's formula.
Is Irvingia Trim Worth Trying?
Irvingia Trim is not new, revolutionary, or advanced in any way. It follows the same popular weight loss approach as many diet pills before it.
The African mango in Irvingia Trim may help you lose a few pounds, but don't expect a mind-blowing miracle. The research is promising, but the supplement cannot compensate for poor lifestyle choices.
Although it has potential, Irvingia Trim is over-priced. Until I know more about the manufacturers, I'm not willing to gamble my money on a questionable product.
[1] Ngondi et al. "IGOB131, a novel seed extract of the West African plant Irvingia gabonensis, significantly reduces body weight and improves metabolic parameters in overweight humans in a randomized double-blind placebo controlled investigation." Lipids in Health and Disease. 2009; 8: 7. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-8-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651880/
[2] Troxel, Gary. "Gateway Health Alliances (GHA) Enforcement Actions Taken." GlobeNewswire. Feb. 24, 2012. Available from: http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/02/24/469012/247094/en/Gateway-Health-Alliances-GHA-Enforcement-Actions-Taken.html


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Weight Loss – The Missing Ingredient
Have you ever done all the "Right" things, like working out and eating "Right", only to struggle with getting the weight off? This can be very frustrating to say the least. Many people have struggled with this very issue. But there may be a very reasonable explanation as to why this is happening.

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Wooo! Finished lace shawl!
This is by far the most complicated thing I've made. Not the largest, the insane Dr. Who scarf would be the largest, but that thing is just garter stitch so not complicated at all. I'm really happy with how it turned out. And it's nice to know that I can do lace. It requires a lot more out of me than most other knitting, but with a little extra concentration I can do it.
This was my mom's Christmas present. I told her she is not to expect anything like this every year! It took me more than three months of continuous effort and that's something that's hard for me. I do better if I can switch around a lot, so deadline knitting and I don't really get along very well.
The yarn is lovely. It's smooth and has a kind of shine to it (I think that's the silk?). I'm not sure how much of it I used since I forgot to weigh the finished shawl (which would at least give me an approximation) but the pattern says it's 1260 yards so I'm sure it was something around that. I still have a ton left on the cone.
The pattern is wonderful. I showed a picture of the finished shawl to someone at work and the first thing they said was "it looks like peacock feathers". Which it does!
And here's a bunch more pictures:
The Stats...
Needles: 4's (3.5mm)
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool/Silk - colorway: Iris
Pattern: Peacock Feathers Shawl
Sizing: 79" x 42"
SPI: not sure, I forgot to measure
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I asked Brooke and Jeff to meet me at the park about an hour before sunset. I was able to get some perfect timing shots around the lodge area first. Then, we drove to a location off the main road and hiked a few miles to a small bridge and incredible waterfall that left me jumping with joy.
Brooke and I met a few years back when I did her Senior Portraits. Now, she is in love and planning her wedding with Jeff! Their laid back, easy going and loving personalities towards each other made this shoot so much fun for me.
Next time I see you both will be at your wedding in Utica during the Fall!
Thank You for being your natural selves and making this such an amazing start to my 2016!
The colors at the end of this shoot were so dreamy and exciting!
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The new iPhone 6 may be coming with an updated USB cable
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Split Rock Lighthouse
This is a pastel landscape of the Split Rock lighthouse located north of Duluth, MN. It was a beautiful day. When we climbed down to the rocky shore of Lake Superior, there was this wonderful view of the lighthouse up on top of the cliff. I just had to paint it. It is on a 16" x 20" sanded board.


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Rafael Nadal does, of course, share an era with Roger Federer, which has done the era plenty of good, but this season and this year's United States Open now belong exclusively to Nadal.
There were times, in his earlier years, when it seemed too much to ask for Nadal to hold up the trophy in New York.
The courts were supposed to be too quick for his big forehand backswing. The balls were supposed to bounce too low for his extreme grip. The lack of an overwhelming serve made it too tough to win easy points. The combined weight of the early season, with all those inevitable clay-court victories and his hard-charging style, were too much for a body — even his body — to bear.
But Nadal, with his 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Novak Djokovic in Monday night's rain-interrupted United States Open final, has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that there are no limits to his range or appetite.
Playing against an opponent who had beaten him in their last three matches, all on hardcourts, the No. 1-seeded Nadal prevailed in 3 hours 43 minutes in the face of inspired resistance to become, at age 24, the youngest man in the Open era to complete a career Grand Slam.Continue reading the main story
Nadal, the relentless left-handed competitor from Spain, did so by wearing down the third-seeded Djokovic with his phenomenal court coverage, consistent returns and improved serve, particularly the sliced serve to the ad court that forced Djokovic to release the second hand from his backhand and lunge in desperation on multiple occasions.
"More than what I dreamt," said Nadal, when asked on court to put his first United States Open victory into words.
From start to finish — with a 1-hour-57-minute rain delay in between — this was not Nadal's finest performance. He had not lost a set on his way to the final and had dropped his serve just twice.
Against Djokovic, he was broken three times and struggled with his timing from the baseline in some early phases of the match, mis-hitting ground strokes and also struggling to capitalize on his own break-point opportunities, failing to convert on 20 in total. That was in part because Djokovic continued to play remarkably bold tennis under pressure, just as he had in his five-set victory over Federer in Saturday's semifinals.
But there can be no quibbling with the bottom line. Nadal, in his first United States Open final, was the more irresistible force: quite capable, when necessary, of summoning a higher gear than the player who will be ranked No. 2 when the new rankings are released on Tuesday.
"Right now he's the best player in the world, and he absolutely deserves this title," Djokovic said after Monday's match.
Nadal earned it by transforming defense into offense in an instant, by putting 67 percent of his first serves into play and, above all, by forcing Djokovic to keep running and lunging and feeling the increasingly heavy obligation to come up with something extra.
"Rafa's fortitude is just off the charts," said Brad Gilbert, the veteran American coach. "He just doesn't give up, whether or not it's 40-love up or 40-love down. He just doesn't take a point off."
Djokovic did not take many vacations either. He countered Nadal's baseline power effectively for much of the match, beginning with the extended opening rally, which set the tone for the corner-to-corner action to come. Djokovic actually came up with one more forehand winner (22 to 21) than Nadal, whose whipping forehand is his signature stroke.
But Djokovic's serve, which has lost power in the last two seasons because of technical issues, kept putting him in danger, and Nadal kept making him work too hard to hold: putting 86 percent of his returns in play.
The cumulative effect proved too much for Djokovic, the 23-year-old Serbian who lost to Federer in the 2007 Open final but saved two match points on his way to beating Federer here.
Djokovic had the benefit of an additional day's rest after rain on Sunday forced the final to be delayed, but Nadal still looked like the fresher, faster man down the stretch. Djokovic, who smashed a racket in anger in the first set, managed to even the match after returning from the rain delay, closing out the second set from 4-4, 30-30. But Nadal gave no hint of being demoralized, and Djokovic lost control for good early in the fourth set, when Nadal broke his serve in the third game.
"Maybe emotionally I was a little bit drained after the semifinal match, but I recovered," Djokovic said. "I had two days, and I was motivated to win this match."
Nadal now holds the French Open, Wimbledon and United States Open titles. When Djokovic's last forehand sailed wide, Nadal dropped to the blue court, covered his head with both hands and then jogged toward the net and exchanged an embrace with his opponent.
"It's just great for somebody who had so much success as he did, very young age, and to be able to continue motivating himself to perform his best each tournament, each match he plays regardless of who he has across the net," said Djokovic, who is now 7-15 against Nadal over all.
Nadal has followed his own path from the beginning, with his uncle and coach Toni Nadal serving as his guide.
Now he has won everywhere that matters most in the game that he once chose over soccer. He is three years younger than Federer was when he rounded out his Grand Slam collection at last year's French Open.
"Aside from the victory, what gives me a great deal of satisfaction is to see how much he has improved on fast courts," said Toni Nadal. "It was a goal we had in mind never knowing for sure if we'd get there. But he's returning better, serving a bit better and is closer to the baseline. The sliced backhand is much better. In the end, to see that is really satisfying."
Though Nadal has now won 9 Grand Slam singles titles to Federer's 16, there are a growing number within the game who feel that Nadal will eventually challenge Federer's numbers.
"I think this victory says that we should stop talking about Federer being the greatest player of all time," said Mats Wilander, the former United States Open champion from Sweden. "I truly believe that. We can say that Roger is, but there's no point in doing that until Nadal is done. It's already unfair to me to say Roger is because Rafa is beating him all the time on every surface and in the Slam finals."Continue reading the main story


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It's all-change in Doctor Who. There's a new assistant, new baddies, a redecorated Tardis and an updated theme tune to take us into this year's anticipated Christmas special.
Always one to keep his fans on their toes, writer Steven Moffat shocked us all by unexpectedly dropping the Doctor's new companion – played by former Emmerdale star Jenna-Louise Coleman – on us at the start of the last series. However, the character we saw in Asylum of the Daleks had a different name of that of her role in the Christmas episode – and she was actually a dalek that was killed at the end of the episode.
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Naturally, this doesn't last, when he encounters a perky young governess called Clara (Coleman). Discovering something untoward in the icy winter and mysterious snowmen with razor-sharp teeth, she calls on the reluctant Doctor for help.
Our evil mastermind of the day is Dr Simeon (played by Richard E Grant, who is long overdue for a part as a Who baddie) – a stiff, humourless Victorian gentleman apparently in cahoots with the creepy snowmen.
For all its new features, this is an episode filled with knowing nods to please Who fans, including a reference drawn from elsewhere in the Moffat catalogue, and the return of some of the Doctor's old friends in the shape of Strax, Vastra and Jenny. Dr Simeon's ominous warning that "winter is coming", also suggests that Moffat may be a Game of Thrones fan.
Sadly Grant's emotionless stiff face makes him less menacing than hoped – it seems more like you could stop his evil doings with a quick slap to the face with a leather glove. But fortunately, our CGI adversaries more than hold their own in the scary stakes. You can be sure that after watching this Doctor Who, you won't see the John Lewis Christmas advert in the same way again.
It's not quite as action-packed as previous specials but compared with the other sedate period Christmas Day offerings of Call the Midwife and Downton Abbey, or the impending apocalypse-free episodes of The Royle Family and Strictly Come Dancing, this festive instalment of the sci-fi series will give the post-dinner snoozers a much-needed boost.


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Bird Fair, Rutland Water Nature Reserve
Took most of last week to recover from a weekend working at the Bird Fair held at Rutland Water Nature Reserve. This event does what it says on the tin – it is a fair about all things 'bird'. The fair was a huge success and we very much enjoyed representing our client, Trans Niugini Tours of Papua New Guinea. PNG is a wonderful destination to promote because of its gorgeous bird life – even the pigeons are stunning – but representing Trans Niugini Tours is great because they are the market leader there with 35 years' experience, and they also own atmospheric lodges and have their own fleet of planes, boats and vehicles ensuring complete control of the operation on the ground.
The Bird Fair is open to the public, but we managed to link up with around 30 specialist travel companies, so some good potential for Trans Niugini Tours. We also introduced the new Port Moresby to Baliflight and the possibilities it opened up for tour operator programmes – a two-centre adventure and beach holiday.
Loved the opportunity to cruise Rutland Water for a bit of osprey spotting with the eccentric Johnny Kingdom. Sadly the osprey were camera shy!


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Jessica Temple
Bright, engaging and versatile. Since graduating from the Bristol Old Vic theatre school in 2016, Jessica has worked consistently in theatres around the country, most recently in her home town of Nottingham at the Playhouse performing in The Madness of George III alongside Mark Gatiss and fellow Yakety Yak-er, Adrian Scarborough.
Peter Pan | Medea | Romeo & Juliet | The Madness of George III


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During the week of the Winter Solstice this year, I invited to my house three different groups of friends to join me for three consecutive Solstice Teas. For some reason, no tea was served at any of these gatherings, but we did have fun imbibing various other beverages as we visited in front of the fire in the fireplace.
A few days after the Solstice teas, I decamped to the north Georgia home of my youngest sibling for the family's December 25th gift-exchanging ritual, a long-standing tradition which I assume will continue at least until all the children in the extended family have reached puberty.
After lunch with my family on Christmas Day, I drove directly to the cabin in Blue Ridge, Georgia that I co-own with some friends. The cabin, rather than at home in Atlanta, is where, for most of the past fifteen years, I've chosen to welcome in the new year. Most years, I remain in Blue Ridge until at least New Year's Day, but this year I decided to drive back to town earlier than usual, after learning that several friends who I'd expected to eventually join me at the cabin this year couldn't make it, either because they'd been stricken with the flu, or they found themselves too worn out from their own recent holiday journeys to make another long drive so soon.
As usual, my week-long stay at the cabin afforded a pleasant vacation from chores at home (especially my Solstice decor clean-up chores). Two friends did make the drive up to the cabin to join me, both of whom have been there many times before and who I hope will continue to enjoy with me and with others the relaxing atmosphere there.
As I've returned to Atlanta earlier than usual, I'm able to post before midnight tonight a slightly revised version of the most recent edition of the Solstice newsletter that I mail out to friends and relatives every year. I've inserted links – the underlined words or phrases below – to various previous blogposts that supply further details – and photos – of the places or experiences mentioned. [The texts of previous editions of the annual newsletter are here.]
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As 2014 hurtles toward 2015, I am stunned by how quickly this year has passed. Before celebrating this past March my first anniversary as a retiree, I had assumed that time would seem to slow down, or stretch out, after retirement. Instead, time seems to be speeding by faster than when I was holding down a full-time job. What has expanded rather than contracted in retirement, however, is the persistently high level of enjoyment of my "free" time. That's easily the most pleasant surprise of 2014.
This year's major shifts in or departures from my usual post-retirement routines:
• My housemate since February 2012, Brad Pitts, moved out in July to spend his final few months in the USA at the house of another friend, before returning in October to live in England with his husband Andrew. I was a bit apprehensive about living alone again after having a housemate for a year-and-a-half, thinking that might prove difficult, but that radical change in my domestic arrangements turned out not to be such a major psychological adjustment after all.
• Last spring, my long-time dream of replacing the shed in my back yard became a reality. My brother Michael, who lives in Oregon, spent the entire month of April with me, tearing down the dilapidated structure back there and constructing a sturdy, beautiful, and useful building. It's large enough to accommodate all my garden paraphernalia, tools, etc., with room left over for a little sitting area, where, in warmer weather, I can start my mornings with a clear view of the patio fountain and the tiny bird sanctuary just beyond it.
• With space set aside in the new garden shed for over-wintering my patio plants, I was able to reclaim the sun porch inside my house as yet another pleasant place to hang out in, and I've installed there a glass-topped table devoted to enjoying my modest calligraphy hobby. And I added to my study – where I spend more time than in any other room in the house – a spacious antique drafting table to better accommodate other paper-based activities.
• Several additional domicile-improvement projects accomplished this past year may seem trivial, but each of them adds majorly to the quality of my domestic bliss:
- I got my windows cleaned for the first time in 20 years.
- I had my roof gutters replaced.
- I had the chimney cleaned.
- I topped with a piece of custom-made glass an antique cast iron sewing machine stand that my friend Kris gave me. The chair in front of this new table is my current (and convenient and comfortable) vantage point for watching the birds at my bird-feeders outside my bedroom windows (the aforementioned "bird sanctuary").
- During his month-long stay at my house last spring, my brother Michael attached various gizmos to my television set that allow me to listen to music from the Internet throughout the house and to watch movies and old television shows. (No more DVDs-by-mail for Calvin, or confining my music-listening to the CDs I happen to own.)
In the out-of-state travel department, I made two major trips this year:
- In late May, I spent a delightful week on St. George Island with a dozen wonderful guys who've been gathering there every year for over a decade.
- In late September, I joined six friends for a week-long cruise down a canal in southern France, followed by a week with these friends in a villa in Provence, followed by ten days on my own in Rome visiting my ex-wife Peg and her husband Gary in Rome.
Several activities I continued in 2014 that I'd embarked upon in previous years. Among the most enjoyable of these:
- Completing my fifth year of weekly tai chi classes (although 2014 was when I finally – finally! – began practicing the form daily).
- Completing my 15th year of volunteer work as librarian for the congregation of local Quakers.
- Completing a third year of meeting monthly with a particularly lively group of archivists, librarians, and activists exploring ways to encourage lesbians and gay men to donate their letters, photos, journals, etc. to local archives.
- Attending a year's worth of meetings of the neighborhood garden club.
- Attending most of this year's meetings of the local calligraphy guild, and expanding my modest repertoire of calligraphy skills by participating in two guild-sponsored workshops.
- Dancing from time to time with Atlanta's gay square dancing group.
- Spending several days each month at the mountain cabin I've co-owned with some friends now for the past fifteen (!) years. 2014 was the first year I've spent – on two occasions – an entire week at the cabin.
- Spending more time with several of the sweet men I met at some point over the past 25 years through my involvement with an organization called Gay Spirit Visions.
- When weather permits, continuing to use my motor scooter to accomplish most of my errands and my routine to-ing and fro-ing in Atlanta.
An important personal accomplishment this past year was posting more often – almost twenty times, in fact – to this Internet blog that I started five years ago. (I also continued – less often in 2014 than I'd planned – posting to another blog I maintain, the Atlanta Booklover's Blog, dedicated to extolling the joys of reading.)
Back in August, I blogged about some of the many blessings I'd become aware of since retiring. I won't repeat that list here, but I will mention that I am grateful to be still healthy, financially comfortable, continuing to enjoy several long-standing friendships (as well as embarking this year on several newer friendships), and living in a house I love in an unusually beautiful and congenial neighborhood. I've spent a good deal of 2014 doing things that I choose to do and enjoy doing. Most days have seemed like parts of a never-ending vacation.
Perhaps because lately I've found myself more and more often in "gratitude mode," at the moment I can think of only two major personal disappointments in 2014:
- I haven't yet struck The Perfect Balance balance between the amount of time I spend socializing with others and the amount of time I spend in solitary activities (reading, gardening, calligraphy, nest-feathering, etc.).
- 2014 didn't turn out to be the year when I crossed paths with my next Significant Other – presuming, as I usually do, that there will be another such person in my life.
Despite these disappointments, I am clearly a fortunate pilgrim on this earth, and I appreciate your taking the time for letting me tell you so. I hope you spent some of this past year noticing and enjoying whatever blessings have befallen you and your loved ones in 2014, and that 2015 proves a Good Year for all of us.
The Constant Reader: 2014
A few highlights of Calvin's reading adventures over the past twelve months:
Books Containing the Most Mind-Blowing Ideas Per Page:
- Eccentric Spaces by Robert Harbison
- The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by W. Lewis Hyde
- Words and Values: Some Leading Words and Where They Lead Us by Peggy Rosenthal
Authors Enjoyed for Their Extraordinarily Engaging Prose Styles:
- Rebecca Solnit in The Faraway Nearby
- Anne Lamott in Stitches
- David Brendan Hopes in A Sense of the Morning
Award for Most Unexpectedly-Amusing-While-Simultaneously-Educational Book:
- When in Rome: A Journal of Life in Vatican City by Robert J. Hutchinson
Most All-Around Absorbing/Enjoyable Book Cal Read in 2014:
- Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner
Readers who eschew book-length reading material are heartily encouraged – for the zillionth consecutive year – to subscribe, as I do, to the world's two best magazines, The New Yorker and The Sun.
In case a title or two might snag your interest and be incorporated into your own reading plans, mini-reviews for the 38 books I completed in 2014 – as well as the lists of books I've read for each of the past 30 years – are here.
Thoughts for Pondering at Year's End
Advice for "how to be alive while alive" from Anne Herbert's blog "Peace and Love and Noticing the Details":
While on planet, look at stuff.
While on planet, smell.
While on planet, feel how different planet parts feel.
The Earth is tasty in many different ways. Let it know that it can speak to you, if it wants, in ways you haven't heard before or heard of.


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Cummings, the homeowner crusader
"They were complaining that they were trying to get modifications and that paperwork was being lost," Cummings said. "They would call a mortgage company, and they couldn't get anyone. They would call one time and talk to somebody, then call back" and get the runaround.
Sometimes, "if they were able to work out an agreement, then suddenly, the mortgage company would tell them, 'We don't have a deal,'" Cummings said. "They'd come home, and there would be a foreclosure notice on their door. That really upset me."
So Cummings took a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach. He invited distressed homeowners and bank representatives to meet in person.
"I figured if I could get the homeowner together with the bank and actually set up some appointments at a school on a Saturday, then they could see them face-to-face," he said, describing what he calls foreclosure prevention workshops. Those events, he added, now draw upward of 1,100 homeowners.
"The mortgage company brings their computers; the homeowner brings hardship letters, statements about income, loss of a job, things of that nature, tax returns," he said. "And they actually sit down and work out a deal."
After a half-dozen workshops over a few years, Cummings said, "we've been able to help about 4,000 people stay in their homes."
An administration official who did not want to be named said Cummings's approach mirrors the White House's housing strategy, particularly in offering direct aid to homeowners, including refinancing options at reduced fees and low interest rates and a hardship program allowing a year's forbearance to the unemployed and the ability stay in their homes.
Cummings acknowledges there has been progress: In 2008 and 2009, at the height of the crisis, an estimated 7 million households were facing foreclosure, compared with roughly 5 million now. But those millions, he said, still need help, and it can't come fast enough."We just got to chip away," he said."
"Every time I go to one of my foreclosure conferences," he added, "I get up and say, 'We are in a storm.' I say to them, 'You know, the question is not whether we'll get through the storm, because we are a great country. We'll get through the storm.
"The question is, who will be living in your house after the storm is over?"
CORRECTION: Darrell Issa's first name was spelled wrong in an earlier version of this story.


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This is a very fashionable vegetable to grow on the allotment at the moment – if ever, anything can be 'in fashion' on the plot. Allotmenteers are hardly ever considered to be trend-setters in the culinary world, and would probably far rather it stayed that way.
Elephant garlic is apparently more like a leek than a garlic clove and I reckon its sudden popularity is because although it still tastes like garlic, it is has a more subtle, mellow and sweeter flavour. It's called elephant garlic, because its cloves are HUGE! I harvested my swollen bulbs last week and I've left them to dry for a few days on a piece of chicken wire stretched between two bricks, just off the ground, with a pane of glass over the top to speed up the drying process and to keep the late summer rain off the bulbs. Some of the bulbs hadn't divided into cloves, but instead were just one whole bulb – referred to by gardeners as rounds.
I've now bought them back into the kitchen, removed the papery skin, chopped and tailed them and stuck them on a baking tray. After drizzling olive oil over them and seasoning them with coarse rock salt I've put them into in the oven for 1 and a half hours at 200 degrees. Once removed from the oven they can be purreed further in a blender and frozen. However, I like to simply spread the now slightly mushy bulb / clove, while still warm, onto thick, crusty French bread. It makes the best garlic bread imaginable. Sometimes the best things in life are simply simple.
Due to their mild flavour, they're also ideal for slicing raw and chucking into salads.
It's elephantastic!


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SAO PAULO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Latin America's largest independent investment bank, Brazil's Banco BTG Pactual SA , expects its wealth management division to speed up growth in the coming quarters, Chief Financial Officer João Dantas told analysts on Tuesday.
Dantas said the bank should draw more clients as its new digital platform known as BTG Pactual Digital has just launched an online broker and started working with independent brokers.
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Jen held me accountable. More important, she believed I could succeed and taught me that I can't fail at this if I try my best, and that I may not always be perfect, but it's about constantly improving over time and recognizing when I fall back into old habits.
Even though I hadn't been very successful in the past, I dropped weight quickly on Jen's plan and my body didn't fight it at all. I learned how to stay away from anything processed and go with natural foods. Jen changed my life. I am forever grateful!
When I first began working with Jen, I had just had my fourth baby and had essentially spent the past seven years either pregnant or nursing. After four months, I felt strong and healthy again. I've been the girl who has tried every diet out there, and this is the only plan that I have been able to stick with consistently.
Jen's plan has not only altered my physical appearance, but has also changed my formally clouded feelings on getting back into exercise and dieting. I find that being dedicated and making small changes in my once-lethargic lifestyle opened the door to huge success, in both professional and family settings.
As a coach, Jen has a unique ability to connect with people to understand their strengths and weaknesses, both physically and emotionally. I run a business where my doors are open 24 hours a day, so every hour is nonstop – but ultimately, it's the choices that we make that define us, and she has never let me forget that.
I started my journey at 257 lbs and in desperate need of a change. Jen inspired me to choose ME and that everything I needed to succeed was already within me. lost almost 80 lbs in a few months in a HEALTHY way because Jen helped me to realize that this wasn't about an "end game", but a way of life and sustainable tools that would help me to transform into the person I knew I could be.
Thanks to Jen's inspiration, I am not only in the best shape of my life, I am also more positive and confident in myself than ever before. Jen taught me that fitness is more than just a look, it's about training your mind to become mentally and emotionally healthy as well. My body and mind became in sync, and my whole life began to flow.


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Editorial Team
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Ph.D., D.Sc. (h.c), D.Sc. (h.c.), Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada
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Harmandeep Singh
Assistant Professor Mata Gujri Khalsa College, Kartarpur, India
Research Interests: Cloud Computing
Prof. Kewen Zhao
Director, Institute of Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, Qiongzhou University, Sanya, 572022, P. R. China He is the President of Hainan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and a Council Member of the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2004/09 - 2016/08).
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Release Date: 2004 |
Album Rating: 4.0Ok so i picked a pretty well known death metal band to review, i know it seems short but just see how it sounds. Any criticism i am open to.
Good review man, just go through it again because you have a few grammatical errors, but good job otherwise.
Album Rating: 4.0where where where?
im in one of those moods
With so many bands that come in and with little or no staying power its hard to take a lot of the newer bands seriously.
There are very few moments on this album where you dont feel as if the band isn't playing as intensely as they possibly can.
writing some pretty intense lyrics.Even for a band that has been around as long as this one.
and hardcore influenced riffage that make this album just another notch in the belt of an already
Sometimes it can be hard for a band, (especially in this genre)
Album Rating: 4.0ok i think i got them all.
lol i thiiiink
edit: yup...cool, one of my better reviews too, cant believe its this shortThis Message Edited On 10.31.08
good review. all i have is Pierced From Within from Suffocation, but every time i'm in the mood to listen to them, it's the only album i want to hear, it's just so damn good
Very nice review. Methinks you could have name dropped some tracks though, maybe which tracks were highlights or lowlights, etc.
Great review. A few mistakes here and there such as too many commas.
too many commas? what? i read one sentence that could do without ONE comma, but there are hardly too many commas here man
Like 4th sentence between parentheseis. I don't know how to quote but "thier newest". Their. Good review, haven't heard much from this band.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Like 4th sentence between parentheseis. I don't know how to quote but "thier newest
A few mistakes here and there such as too many commas.
Album Rating: 4.0whoa, i left this today with 4 pos
and came back and there are now 6.
no new comments
i guess
album still owns hard
so you're saying there shouldnt be a comma before the quotation marks hit?
suffocation are the best death metal band ever IMHO. ill probably buy the album just to support the band.
no man he's saying you spelled "their" wrong.
suffocation are the best death metal band ever IMHO. ill probably buy the album just to support the band.
Album Rating: 3.0This album was somewhat disappointing for me. With the exception of Deceit, To Weep Once More and Tomes of Acrimony, the riffs are mostly just generic. The solos on the entire album are quite lame. The departure of Doug Cerrito hit the band hard, it seems. Frank's voice sounds much weaker, but that's probably just the production. Mike Smith sounds great though.
Album Rating: 4.0false
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


text: We know he's great at reading poems, and now Tom Hiddleston has lent his voice acting talents to Planet Earth II , soothingly reminding us that we share a planet with awful humans, but also some pretty dope animals. What's that you say, Tommy? Something about love? Monkeys steal things?


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1 Woody Wax Your Boat
When your boat takes a beating from the sun, salt, moist or dry elements, you have to give it some protection or your finish gets chalky, your rubber and vinyl gets cracked and dry and your metal begins to corrode, rust or pit. Yet it is so hard to find the time for a traditional wax job. Woody Wax is the answer for giving your boat its badly needed protection in much less time than conventional waxes. It also lets you wax your non-skid decks without making them slick. You could never do that with normal wax. Here are the steps I just took to coat my flats boat, and it did not take more than an hour's worth of work, excluding dry times.
2 Step 1
First step is to wash the boat to make sure you start the process with clean, grit-free surfaces. Then leave the boat wet as the Woody Wax is applied to a wetted surface.
3 Step 2
Woody Wax can be applied to the boat using a soft deck brush. I made this older brush head my "Woody Wax" brush as it does tend to stay coated on the bristles.
4 Step 3
The Woody Wax spray bottle has a stirring ball inside like a paint can, so shake it up before putting a light coating on your deck brush. A little Woody Wax goes a long way, so a can is going to last you a while.
5 Step 4
Now spread the Woody Wax on all surfaces and ensure an even coating. I did the non-skid deck, rub rail, metal accessories and the insides of the hull. Respray your applicator if it starts to get dry. You can mist the boat with water to keep it damp too. Decks may get slick during this step, but will not be when finished.
6 Step 5
Woody Wax is safe on your cushions, vinyl, plastic, and metal. It does not turn white on plastic and rubber like a regular wax does. That is a huge time savings right there.
7 Step 6
Once the boat has been coated, come back and give it a good rinse starting at the bow and working aft. Once done, let the boat dry for a while before the final steps.
8 Step 7
Using a clean, dry cotton rag or my favorite, a micro-fiber cloth, begin to buff all of the surfaces of the boat. A good brisk rub down will polish off a light film of hard wax. Now your non-skid deck will clean dirt or blood easier, but will not be slick at all. It is pretty amazing.
9 Step 8
Buff off your vinyl and plastic surfaces and leave them refreshed and sealed against dirt and the sun.
10 Boat Metal
You can also focus on doing the metal on your boat be it stainless or aluminum. You can apply the Woody Wax with a rag or on a cotton glove and give all the metal a thorough coating. Let haze and then buff off. It removes oxidation and seals out contaminants.
11 Woody Wax = More Fishing
With the time you save using Woody Wax, you can go fishing while still taking care of your boat. Can you see the water beading on the deck? It cleans much better without being slick. Give it a try and remember a little Woody Wax goes a long way. Get more tips from Capt. Scott on BD.


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In less than three weeks, Wonder Woman will be released in theaters. Only the fourth movie in the DC Extended Universe and the first with a female hero as the main character, there is a lot of anticipation for the film. Gal Gadot's portrayal of the Amazonian hero was one of the most well-received parts of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and plenty of fans are eager to see her origin story on the big screen.
There have been a few small controversies in the film's marketing. Fan analysis of Wonder Woman's armpits lead to them being edited in later trailers. And some have commented on what looks like a lack of marketing for the film compared to previous DC movies -- though the marketing budget for Wonder Woman is actually more than for Suicide Squad. And one of the ways that that marketing money has been spent is on the racetrack.
DC Cinematic recently showed off a picture of race car driver Danica Patrick sporting the Wonder Woman logo on her racing suit. Her race car was also branded with the logo.
According to batman-news, Patrick was driving in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway when driver Joey Logano lost control of his car due to an apparent mechanical issue and hit Patrick's car, which crashed into the wall and burst into flames. Both cars were then hit by a third car, driven by Aric Almirola. Patrick and Logano got safely out of their cars and walked away, but Almirola was injured badly enough to be taken away on a stretcher.
Danica has been professionally racing since 2005, when she was named Rookie-of-the-Year by both The Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar Series. She won the Indy 300 Japan in 2008, making her the only woman to win an IndyCar series race and has the highest finish of any woman in the Indianapolis 500 -- coming in third in 2009. She is a full-time driver for the Monster Energy NASCAR cup series and in 2013 became the first woman to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole.
Patrick has been having a tough year on the track. This was the third crash she's experienced in her last four races. Walking away from three crashes, especially one as bad as the one last night in Kansas, is truly a superpower. Patrick is a real life hero, worthy of the Wonder Woman embalm.
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Fact of the Day: Christmas Birthday
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This one I knew! Made up "facts" like many other things in the good old book...ReplyDelete
I'm not Christian, but I did know his birthday wasn't at the end of the year and a month before Black Friday.ReplyDelete
I knew this one!ReplyDelete
I've heard that his birth may even have been in the summer, not winter.ReplyDelete
Funny how it just got decided - imagine how different things would be if the would have choosen another date!ReplyDelete
Have a great day,
Well that's interesting. I didn't know that.ReplyDelete
Some people say his birthday is in April........................ReplyDelete
There are three birthdays recorded as celebrated in the Bible - all by wicked men.ReplyDelete
Pharoah, at the time of the Exodus. King Herod I at the supposed time of Jesus' birth. King Herod II at the time of John the Baptist's beheading.
I've never read when God said, celebrate birthdays, period. There's certainly no mention of Jesus celebrating his while he lived. In fact, I only know of one thing he asked his followers to do in remembrance of him.
They sure like to make things upReplyDelete
I knew this. However, it's all very interesting what is written about the 25th December.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas.
True fact. It's funny how many pagan celebrations are now being celebrated as a part of a religious belief.ReplyDelete
True! It's really perfect as December is the last month on our calendar. :)ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas!
Here people say that him birthday 7th January.ReplyDelete
And they chose Dec 25th because they were thieving bastards.ReplyDelete
Definitely true...as long as we set one day aside, I guess it's all good!ReplyDelete
As you say, Jesus was certainly not born on Dec. 25, the date set at the Council of Nicea three hundred years later. There has been a holiday at this time of year for most of recorded history. But none of this prevents me from wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.ReplyDelete
True fact ! The date was decided later :)ReplyDelete


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